Between capitalist and communist society there lies the period of the revolutionary transformation of the one into the other. Corresponding to this is also a political transition period in which the state can be nothing but the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat.
I think it is very good for the country, for the world, and especially for the Democrats that Harry Reid is retiring.
The reign of the tyrant ends with his death, and the reign of the martyr starts with it.
It is very difficult to imagine that you can actually get rid of a dictatorship that has been there for 60 years only in 18 days.
The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results.
All democracies turn into dictatorships - but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it's Julius Caesar or Napoleon or Adolf Hitler. Ultimately, the general population goes along with the idea.
It takes time to restore an old historic car - you can't just do it overnight. That's how I look at the administration that came before Obama.
In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed the documents to the next government, and I never heard about it again.
Compared to this [the transition] the election was easy.
The Chinese government promised Hong Kong '50 years, and change.' And 50 years later, after 1997, will be 2046; I think, 'Well, that's a very interesting promise.' So I want to make a film about promise.
What Tunisia urgently needs, is freedom and the building of a real democracy.
Meanwhile, the Bush dynasty comes to an official end.
Bashar al-Assad needs to be replaced, but he can't be replaced with another Bashar al-Assad.
The regime which is destroyed by a revolution is almost always an improvement on its immediate predecessor, and experience teaches that the most critical moment for bad governments is the one which witnesses their first steps toward reform.
When a new president comes in, a new president gets to clean house.
We did it. Make no mistake: We have written history. Today there's a change of guards in Denmark.
The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final.
Narendra Modi promised a future and represented a hope. He wanted to rid the nation of a non-performing, corrupt government. People voted for him.
Barack Obama's busy moving into the White House. Earlier today, John McCain was blowing on his soup.
I am tired, I would like to rest, it’s time for the country to be ruled by younger leaders.
Donald Trump understood America. He animated America, and now he'll be the president of all Americans.
We are asking Nigerians for their cooperation. They shouldn't expect miracles to happen a couple of months after we've taken over because the destruction took so many years - 16 years of the ruling party's rule of this country.
Today there's a change of guards in Denmark.
I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy.
There definitely comes a time where a fresh pair of eyes and fresh leadership would be good, and the Conservative Party has got some great people coming up - the Theresa Mays, and the George Osbornes, and the Boris Johnsons.
