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> [Within the next hundred years...nationhood as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority... National sovereignty wasn't such a great idea after all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/strobe-talbott/within-the-next-hundred-years-nationhood-as-we-know-it-will-be/)

[Strobe Talbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/strobe-talbott/)

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> [In the next century, nations as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority. National sovereignty wasn't such a great idea after all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/strobe-talbott/in-the-next-century-nations-as-we-know-it-will-be-obsolete-all-states/)

[Strobe Talbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/strobe-talbott/)

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## Other authors on Great idea

- [Mehmet Murat Ildan 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great-idea/mehmet-murat-ildan/)

## More by Strobe Talbott

> [Here is one optimists reason for believing unity will prevail ... within the next hundred years ... nationhood as we know it will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/strobe-talbott/here-is-one-optimists-reason-for-believing-unity-will-prevail-within/)

[Strobe Talbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/strobe-talbott/)

> [Within the next hundred years...nationhood as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority... National sovereignty wasn't such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/strobe-talbott/within-the-next-hundred-years-nationhood-as-we-know-it-will-be/)

[Strobe Talbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/strobe-talbott/)

> [In 2015, Vladimir Putin may witness his empire's death knell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/strobe-talbott/in-2015-vladimir-putin-may-witness-his-empire-s-death-knell/)

[Strobe Talbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/strobe-talbott/)

> [In the next century, nations as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority. National sovereignty wasn't such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/strobe-talbott/in-the-next-century-nations-as-we-know-it-will-be-obsolete-all-states/)

[Strobe Talbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/strobe-talbott/)

> [All countries are basically social arrangements, accommodations to changing circumstances. No matter how permanent and even sacred they may seem at any one time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/strobe-talbott/all-countries-are-basically-social-arrangements-accommodations-to/)

[Strobe Talbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/strobe-talbott/)

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