Where Slavery is, there Liberty cannot be; and where Liberty is, there Slavery cannot be.
SukarnoRead
I myself am sometimes fed up with Hatta's policies. Hatta and I sometimes bug each other, but omitting Hatta from the Proclamation Text... that is the action of a coward!
Interpretation
What this quote means
The speaker expresses frustration with a colleague's policies but emphasizes that excluding them is cowardly.
In this quote, Sukarno conveys the complexity of political relationships, highlighting that disagreements are natural but should not lead to exclusion. He suggests that true courage lies in confronting conflicts rather than avoiding them, as omitting someone from important discussions or decisions reflects weakness and fear.
Themes
CouragePoliticsConflictInclusionLeadership
In practice
Example use cases
In a political debate, this quote can be used to highlight the importance of including differing opinions.
More from Sukarno
All quotes βWe are living in a world of fear. The life of man today is corroded and made bitter by fear: fear of the future, fear of the hydrogen bomb, fear of ideologies. Perhaps this fear is a greater danger than the danger itself because it is fear, which drives men to act thoughtlessly, to act dangerously.
SukarnoRead
I hate imperialism. I detest colonialism. And I fear the consequences of their last bitter struggle for life. We are determined, that our nation, and the world as a whole, shall not be the play thing of one small corner of the world
SukarnoRead
Similar quotes
I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest.
Aneurin BevanRead
If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine, we are not going to get paragons of virtue running our affairs. We will get the very rich, who contract out the messy things in life the very dull, who have nothing to hide and nothing to show and the very devious, expert at covering their tracks and ambitious enough to risk their discovery.
Charles KrauthammerRead
All that is needed is money and a candidate who can be coached to look sincere. Political principles and plans for specific action have come to lose most of their importance. The personality of the candidate, the way he is projected by the advertising experts, are the things that really matter.
Aldous HuxleyRead
Restricting access to the ballot is not good for Georgia and it's certainly not good for Georgia business.
Raphael WarnockRead
If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government... The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
Calvin CoolidgeRead
Truly, if you can't cover a five-car pile-up on Route 128, you should not be covering a presidential campaign.
Molly IvinsRead