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title: "22 National Boundaries Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 22 National Boundaries quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best National Boundaries sayings and thoughts."
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> [The great thing about science fiction is that it transcends national boundaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-j-sawyer/the-great-thing-about-science-fiction-is-that-it-transcends-national/)

[Robert J. Sawyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-j-sawyer/)

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> [CANNON, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/cannon-n-an-instrument-employed-in-the-rectification-of-national/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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> [In this new world economy, national boundaries are increasingly becoming obsolete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/in-this-new-world-economy-national-boundaries-are-increasingly/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [When seen from outer space, our beautiful blue planet has no national boundaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/when-seen-from-outer-space-our-beautiful-blue-planet-has-no-national/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [Medicine also disregards national boundaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-langmuir/medicine-also-disregards-national-boundaries/)

[Irving Langmuir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-langmuir/)

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> [Cannon: An instrument used in the rectification of national boundaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/cannon-an-instrument-used-in-the-rectification-of-national-boundaries/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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> [Global terror does not respect national boundaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikas-swarup/global-terror-does-not-respect-national-boundaries/)

[Vikas Swarup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikas-swarup/)

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> [If we looked down at the world from space, we would not see any demarcations of national boundaries. We would simply see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/if-we-looked-down-at-the-world-from-space-we-would-not-see-any/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [One of the wonders of science is that it is completely universal. It crosses national boundaries with total ease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-greene/one-of-the-wonders-of-science-is-that-it-is-completely-universal-it/)

[Brian Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-greene/)

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> [If you go to space, you'll look down and see no national boundaries. You'll never see the gods people are killing each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/if-you-go-to-space-you-ll-look-down-and-see-no-national-boundaries/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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> [A landscape image cuts across all political and national boundaries, it transcends the constraints of language and culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-waite/a-landscape-image-cuts-across-all-political-and-national-boundaries/)

[Charlie Waite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-waite/)

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> [National boundaries these days are not that important because of transformative technological development. Now we are talking about the fourth industrial revolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ban-ki-moon/national-boundaries-these-days-are-not-that-important-because-of/)

[Ban Ki-moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ban-ki-moon/)

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> [I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-know-that-my-unity-with-all-people-cannot-be-destroyed-by-national/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Imagine that foreign development is not done to our standards and a spill occurs. Neither geology nor ocean currents will respect our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-murkowski/imagine-that-foreign-development-is-not-done-to-our-standards-and-a/)

[Lisa Murkowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-murkowski/)

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> [It is neither necessary nor desirable that national boundaries should mark sharp differences in standards of living, that membership of a national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-neither-necessary-nor-desirable-that-national-boundaries-should/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatical ethnic or religious or national chauvinisms are a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/national-boundaries-are-not-evident-when-we-view-the-earth-from-space/)

[Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/)

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> [I wonder how the foreign policies of the United States would look if we wiped out the national boundaries of the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/i-wonder-how-the-foreign-policies-of-the-united-states-would-look-if/)

[Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/)

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> [These transnationalists have little need for national loyalty, view national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing, and see national governments as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-p-huntington/these-transnationalists-have-little-need-for-national-loyalty-view/)

[Samuel P. Huntington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-p-huntington/)

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> [So we draw lines around our property, our counties, our cities, our states, our countries. And, boy, do we act as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-suzuki/so-we-draw-lines-around-our-property-our-counties-our-cities-our/)

[David Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-suzuki/)

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> [The relevance for 9/11 is that what 9/11 marked was the beginning of a struggle in which the terrorists come at us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/the-relevance-for-9-11-is-that-what-9-11-marked-was-the-beginning-of/)

[Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/)

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> [Because national borders are eroding, because of the growth of non-state actors. It's a different kind of a world. We are tied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-scowcroft/because-national-borders-are-eroding-because-of-the-growth-of-non/)

[Brent Scowcroft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-scowcroft/)

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> [Gods, religions and national boundaries are absolutely imaginary. They don't tend to exist. As soon as you pull back half a mile…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/gods-religions-and-national-boundaries-are-absolutely-imaginary-they/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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