Democracy Quote by Benjamin Harrison

“Nations are guided only by their own interests and have no obligation to other countries which did not conform to those interests.”

— Anonymous

“We cannot simultaneously pursue democracy, national determination and economic globalisation.”

— Edward Luce

“The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.”

— Frederick Douglass

“In truth, a State whose society is not sovereign is no sovereign State at all. Such is the case when a society has no…

— Pope John Paul II

“Within this historic and optimistic future in mind, I have made no value judgment of the destiny bestowed on each nation. For all this,…

— Patrick Mendis

“I wish that all nations may recover and retain their independence; that those which are overgrown may not advance beyond safe measures of power,…

— Thomas Jefferson

“In Geo-Politics, a nation has no permanent allies or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.”

— George Friedman

“The time when a nation most craves ease may be the moment when it can least afford to let down its guard. The moment…

— Richard M. Nixon

“If we are to be one Nation in any respect, it clearly ought to be in respect to other Nations.”

— James Madison

“The idea of humanity becomes more and more of a power in the civilized world, and, owing to the expansion and increasing speed of…

— Mikhail Bakunin

“Political liberty—that is, the ability of societies to rule themselves—does not depend only on the degree to which a society can mobilize opposition to…

— Francis Fukuyama

“Our task over the next few generations is to transform the world of independent states in which we live into some sort of genuine…

— Gwynne Dyer