Rests Quotes

At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power rests with the most abandoned.

Certain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations, not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments, but to maintain the confidence of the people of the world in the hope of an enduring peace.

The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.

The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities.

Much responsibility rests upon the shoulders of the song leader; it is not infrequently within his power to make or break a meeting.

The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods.