--- title: "Popular Borders Lines" description: "Browse 1,650 Borders quotes by 1,074 authors. Discover the best Borders sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb3/jhumpa-lahiri-1596_borders_on-the-screen-i-saw-tanks-rolling-throug_837892.jpg" --- > [On the screen I saw tanks rolling through dusty streets, and fallen buildings, and forests of unfamiliar trees into which East Pakistani…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jhumpa-lahiri/on-the-screen-i-saw-tanks-rolling-through-dusty-streets-and-fallen/) [Jhumpa Lahiri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jhumpa-lahiri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb3/jhumpa-lahiri-1596_borders_on-the-screen-i-saw-tanks-rolling-throug_837892.jpg) > [Decades have a delusive edge to them. They are not, of course, really periods at all, except as any other ten years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-macaulay/decades-have-a-delusive-edge-to-them-they-are-not-of-course-really/) [Rose Macaulay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-macaulay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/rose-macaulay-8071_attributes_decades-have-a-delusive-edge-to-them-the_353571.png) > [In the 'Nike Economy,' there are no standards, no borders and no rules. Clearly, the global economy isn't working for workers in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-the-nike-economy-there-are-no-standards-no-borders-and-no-rules/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f2/anonymous-1_borders_in-the-nike-economy-there-are-no-standar_1069771.jpg) > [Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/evil-borders-upon-good-and-vices-are-confounded-with-virtues-as-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/anonymous-1_borders_evil-borders-upon-good-and-vices-are-con_1464706.jpg) > [We have national security concerns. There are lots of concerns which must be addressed by actually securing our border. And so, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ryan/we-have-national-security-concerns-there-are-lots-of-concerns-which/) [Paul Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ryan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/paul-ryan-869_barriers_we-have-national-security-concerns-there_2477640.jpg) > [ The only thing I heard Speaker \[Paul\] Ryan say that made sense was, we actually really need to look at this and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-yarmuth/the-only-thing-i-heard-speaker-paul-ryan-say-that-made-sense-was-we/) [John Yarmuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-yarmuth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/514/john-yarmuth-21768_borders_the-only-thing-i-heard-speaker-paul-ryan_2365925.png) > [We should use this public sphere and redefine - beyond China's borders - what a government is allowed to do, where its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/we-should-use-this-public-sphere-and-redefine-beyond-china-s-borders/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d02/ai-weiwei-824_borders_we-should-use-this-public-sphere-and-red_2972025.jpg) > [Putin was very clear, as were all his lieutenants, that their great fear was that Ukraine was becoming a Western bulwark on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mearsheimer/putin-was-very-clear-as-were-all-his-lieutenants-that-their-great/) [John Mearsheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mearsheimer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/278/john-mearsheimer-3817_borders_putin-was-very-clear-as-were-all-his-lie_2877770.jpg) > [I live in a town that's two and a half hours from the border. I know people who have lived in San…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/i-live-in-a-town-that-s-two-and-a-half-hours-from-the-border-i-know/) [Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/sandra-cisneros-862_antonio_i-live-in-a-town-that-s-two-and-a-half-h_2032652.png) > [Government by idea tends to take in everything, to make the whole of society obedient to the idea. Spaces not so governed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-acton/government-by-idea-tends-to-take-in-everything-to-make-the-whole-of/) [Lord Acton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-acton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e4/lord-acton-3040_borders_government-by-idea-tends-to-take-in-ever_2331348.jpg) ## Top authors on Borders - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 110 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/borders/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/borders/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/borders/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/borders/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-ted-cruz-89212.jpg) Ted Cruz 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/borders/ted-cruz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ronald-reagan-81107.jpg) Ronald Reagan 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/borders/ronald-reagan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vladimir-putin-94037.jpg) Vladimir Putin 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/borders/vladimir-putin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mike-pence-68090.jpg) Mike Pence 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/borders/mike-pence/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeb-bush-48259.jpg) Jeb Bush 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/borders/jeb-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-j-clinton-95571.jpg) William J. 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