Emmerson Mnangagwa Quotes

You cannot have an opposition party unless it is opposed to the people in power.

Ideology isn’t driving the dynamic in Washington, it’s the desire to stay in power.

And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout?

We are all the President's men.

The greatest power is not money power, but political power.

Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.

My fate is to be President of the Republic - or leader of the opposition.

That, sir, depends on whether I embrace your mistress or your politics.

I have sworn to the nation to govern it under a constitutional system. But if, through the vices of its organization or the passions of its agents, it wants to convert itself into an instrument of anarchy, the nation itself in use of its sovereign rights will give a new representation, and I will be the first to invoke it.

Governments propose, and oppositions dispose.

No government can long be secure without a formidable Opposition.

If we allowed those who are leading Irish politics unlimited power… we should have to begin by conquering Ireland, if ever we had to fight any other power.

Whether this organization [the Chinese Communist Party] has strength depends not on whether it is in power, but on whether it has the best people, and whether it can earn the support of the people.

the White Czar of Congress.

Politics determine who has the power, not who has the truth.

Whoso taketh in hand to govern a multitude, either by way of liberty or principality, and cannot assure himself of those persons that are enemies to that enterprise, doth frame a state of short perseverance.

All [political] parties, without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.

The U.K. needs a strong opposition, and Labour shows no signs of being capable of being that. The SNP is filling that void and will go on seeking to do that.

We will never be a part of any plot against those who are governing our country.

I am assuming the post of the president in order to preserve and strengthen Ukraine's unity, ensure lasting peace, and guarantee reliable safety.

Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand.

If India is computer, Congress is its default program.

[T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power - and even the duty - to overthrow any government that fails to respect their authority.

Respecting the sovereignty means preventing coups, unconstitutional actions and illegitimate overthrowing of the legitimate government. All these things should be totally prevented.

Now, and ever, I shall do all in my power for peace, consistently with the maintenance of government.