N. Chandrababu Naidu Quotes

What would happen if we withdrew? Anarchy and confusion.

Simply eight young men … standing amidst the ruins of one administration with the foundation of another not yet laid …. No police were functioning through the country, no system of justice was operating, the wheels of the administration hung idle, battered out of recognition by the clash of rival jurisdictions.

There is only so much chaos a nation can stand.

After the assassination of my wife, our nation was perilously close to civil strife. If I, as the co-chairman of the Party, had asked my people to take to the streets, the very existence of the federation would have been threatened.

So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.

Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.

I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.

Panamanians live in a chronic state of insurrection and violence.

I fear that some day or another we shall have in Europe a total upsetting of social order, which will drive all wise and experienced men to America.

… a menace to our institutions

An uncontrollable situation, in which there are no clearly defined spheres of authority, has come about in the country. Under these conditions, normal life is impossible.

In many countries, the authority of the state is weak and openly defied by militias and terrorist groups. In others, state forces themselves act with impunity.

Terrorism can go anywhere where there is not strong government, or government that cannot control its hinterlands.

If you look in general at people who live in anarchy, they have quite high rates of death from either homicide or warfare or both. Anarchy is one of the main reasons for violence, and it may be the most important.

When anarchy is declared, the first thing we do, let's kill all the anarchists.

Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war without a prospect of its termination.

[On Russia's civil disorder:] Comrade deputies, the most essential thing now is to overcome the crisis, to restore order in the country.

We saw Vietnam disintegrating before our eyes—at least the structure of the state disintegrating.

… representatives of those forces which simmer beneath the surface of every civilized community and if they could break out, would destroy not only property and civilization but finally even themselves. .

Pakistan's key leaders have succumbed to the assassin's bullet or bomb or the hangman's noose, and the country has seen four military coups since its birth in 1947. Yet the Pakistani polity has limped on.

I can feel it in my bones that no matter what we do, even if we do not do anything, the revolutionary government of Madame Cory Aquino will collapse.

Britain is perceived as a laughing stock and a mess. It's a very scary and divided place.

The pressure in Brazil is a little complicated, a little menacing.

All political institutions will end sooner or later. The question is when and how.

The social contract is starting to unravel in many countries.