Nations Quotes · Page 62

I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations

— Otto Von Bismarck

Fights between individuals, as well as governments and nations, invariably result from misunderstandings in the broadest interpretation of this term.

— Nikola Tesla

Outrage is easy, cheap, and oversold. The nation needs less anger and more thoughtful reflection, less shouting and more listening, less dissembling…

— Mario Cuomo

Gold and silver are but merchandise, as well as cloth or linen; and that nation that buys the least, and sells the…

— Lord Chesterfield

If you want Russia to be a real fully developed partner, then America should invest in Russia and activate Russia as a…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

Unlike every other nation in the world, the United States defines itself as a hypothesis and constitutes itself as an argument.

— Lewis H. Lapham

Resource-rich nations should not ignore efficiency simply because energy is abundant.

— Khalid A. Al-Falih

For mere vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge. But for security of the…

— James A. Garfield

I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big…

— Ban Ki-moon

Ever since [Ronald] Reagan, they've been able to capture the message and an understanding - or persuade people of a certain understanding…

— Steve Inskeep

We have to make truth and non-violence not matters for mere individual practice but for practice by groups and communities and nations.…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Unpleasant, even dangerous, qualities can be found in every nation and every individual: it is cruel to demand that the Jew be…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment reconciled itself with the loss of independence,…

— Lech Walesa

Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think,…

— Boris Johnson

Where are the leaders who can speak to the idea that it is not alien to American interests, but very much in…

— Andrew Lam

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's strategy is to lead from behind. It sounds like what he is outlining is not to lead…

— Marco Rubio

One reason why so many people are unhappy, not knowing why, is that they have burdened their minds with resentments. These evil…

— George Matthew Adams

The United Nations has long recognised that the imagination, ideals and energies of young men and women are vital for the continuing…

— Kofi Annan

At no time and in no circumstances should a Communist place his personal interests first; he should subordinate them to the interests…

— Mao Zedong

The one thing our Founding Fathers could not foresee - they were farmers, professional men, businessmen giving of their time and effort…

— Ronald Reagan

I believe that to meet the challenge of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility.…

— Dalai Lama

So many of the things we are doing right now as a country are things that lead to loss of a country.…

— Louie Gohmert

Abuse of power isn't limited to 'bad guys' in other nations. It happens in our own country. Those in power get jaded,…

— Clint Eastwood

I think that Russia is very aware that they are on notice when it comes to certain issues. They are very aware…

— Nikki Haley

Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best of all is that they cannot be otherwise.

— Marquis de Custine

It has to be admitted that starving nations never seem to be quite so starving that they cannot afford to have far…

— Anonymous

The free nations of the world will not be pushed around by terrorist cowards whose goal is to spread fear and destruction…

— Eliot Engel

In the religion of all nations a purity is hinted at, which, I fear, men never attain to.

— Henry David Thoreau

Protection and patriotism are reciprocal. This is the way which has led nations to greatness.

— John C. Calhoun

On the contrary. Internationalism also recognizes, by its very name, that nations do exist. It simply limits their scope more than one-sided…

— Christian Lous Lange

I don't believe that the U.S. needs to take a police role. I think it needs to support African nations that have…

— Don Cheadle

Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white-separate and unequal.

— Otto Kerner Jr

Any culture which can put a man on the Moon is capable of gathering all the nations of the earth in peace,…

— Richard M. Nixon

I am the pinball geek of the band, probably of the nation of Canada. I've been a pinball fan my whole life.…

— Ed Robertson

There is not a line in 'The Wealth of Nations' that is not still applicable to this day.

— Milton Friedman

No serious historian of nations and nationalism can be a committed political nationalist... Nationalism requires too much belief in what is patently…

— Eric Hobsbawm

Call me an alarmist, but we are witnessing the beginning of the most frightening period of government tyranny in our nation's history.

— David Limbaugh

So long as we govern our nation by the letter and spirit of the Bill of Rights, we can be sure that…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Tribe follows tribe, nations follow nations like the tides of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless.

— Chief Seattle

This nation is so friendly that the leading cause of injury is getting passionately embraced by strangers.

— Dave Barry