The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
He is the greatest influence in the world today. There is... a fifth Gospel being written - the work of Jesus Christ… — William Griffith Thomas Copy Share Image
The whole [Scotch] nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and even incapable of relishing it. — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations. — William Carey Copy Share Image
The American nation in the sixth ward is a fine people; they love the eagle - on the back of a dollar. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with… — Alfred Nobel Copy Share Image
As long as the League of Nations constitutes only a treaty of guarantee for the victorious nations, it is by no means… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
A robotic arms race seems inevitable unless nations collectively decide to avoid one. — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
The people have a right supreme To make their kings, for Kings are made for them. All Empire is no more than… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
The development of the national spirit in its present form leads into blind alleys. Some condition must be found which preserves the… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
For [the corporate media president election campaign ] is a war, and for them nothing at all is out of bounds. This… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
People would ask me how I could stand the long campaigning, how I could stand being charged with the responsibilities of a… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such… — Philo Copy Share Image
Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Today we are rightly in an era of disarmament and dismantlement of nuclear weapons. But in some countries nuclear weapons development still… — Hans Bethe Copy Share Image
It may be too much to expect that nations should be governed in their relations towards each other by the precepts of… — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
“the aforesaid disagreement between these men sprang from a misunderstanding. And the cause of it is that each thinks he is better… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
There are many female gods recognized and honored by the tribes and Nations. Femaleness was highly valued, both respected and feared, and… — Paula Gunn Allen Copy Share Image
The worst part of what we heard Donald [trump] say has been about nuclear weapons. He has said repeatedly that he didn't… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
What we are learning around the world is that if women are healthy and educated, their families will flourish. If women are… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The very reason why we object to state ownership, that it puts a stop to individual initiative and to the healthy development… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The highest reach of science is, one may say, an inventive power, a faculty of divination, akin to the highest power exercised… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
USA belongs to a handful of men who also control the media. Look at General Electric. It produces nuclear weapons for the… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
There was a solemn article in the local paper seriously advocating systematic exterminating of the entire German nation as the only proper… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
The difference of language, dress, and manners . . . severs and alienates the nations of the globe. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
No nation ever had two better friends that we have. You know who they are? The Atlantic and Pacific oceans. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The whole world is run on bluff. No race, no nation, no man has any divine right to take advantage of others.… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
We need to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation. We have lost our way. And it begins with… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
America is a nation of immigrants. And so the question is, how do we make legal immigration faster, less bureaucratic, cut the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The art of nations is to be accumulative, just as science and history are; the work of living men not superseding, but… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we're not vigilant. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
With ability to produce a diverse range of products, India has the potential to become the one-stop sourcing destination for brands and… — Smriti Irani Copy Share Image
All the nations that are adjacent to Afghanistan have a vested interest in the future stability and security of Afghanistan. — Joseph Dunford Copy Share Image
You can be a German, you can be a Greek or a Spanish or a Japanese etc, but your true nation is… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
In everything, there are two kinds of development-analytical and synthetical. In the former the Hindus excel other nations. In the latter they… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Don't you think that as a people, Americans have less poetry, real poetry, in their souls than any other nations? — Robert E. Howard Copy Share Image
Nations like the Cuban and the Swiss Can never hope to wage a Global Mission. No Holy Wars for them. The most… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
Nothing is more likely to destroy a species or a nation than a determination to survive at all costs — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Israel does not respect the principles or purposes of the United Nations charter nor the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, — Evo Morales Copy Share Image