Countries Quotes
2101 quotes by 1405 authors
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Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
— Baron de Montesquieu
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Communities and countries and ultimately the world are only as strong as the health of their women.
— Michelle Obama
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Man is the only Patriot. He sets himself apart in his own country, under his own flag, and sneers at the other nations, and keeps…
— Mark Twain
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National pride is to countries what self-respect is to individuals: a necessary condition for self-improvement.
— Richard Rorty
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Every artist, every scientist, must decide now where he stands. He has no alternative. There is no standing above the conflict on Olympian heights. There…
— Paul Robeson
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In 1989, thirteen nations comprising 1,695,000 people experienced nonviolent revolutions that succeeded beyond anyone's wildest expectations . . . If we add all the countries…
— Walter Wink
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Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions by many people in many countries. It is an attitude, a way of life, a…
— Oscar Arias
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Today, peace means the ascent from simple coexistence to cooperation and common creativity among countries and nations.
— Mikhail Gorbachev
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It has been convincingly demonstrated that countries where there are high rates of poverty, or high rates of economic inequality, are the countries with the…
— Richard Dawkins
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We want harmonious development, ... We should work together for more democratic and law-based international relations, and a harmonious environment in which countries respect one…
— Li Zhaoxing
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I think we're creating a situation that's incredibly dangerous. There's a lot of chat at the moment about the war on terror and whilst there…
— Emma Thompson
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I am not much an advocate for traveling, and I observe that men run away to other countries because they are not good in their…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Travel has no longer any charm for me. I have seen all the foreign countries I want to except heaven & hell & I have…
— Mark Twain
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Having visited Oxfam-funded school programs in rural communities has made me realise how vital education is to developing countries in bringing people out of poverty…
— Scarlett Johansson
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We mast show by our behavior that we believe in equality and justice and that our religion teaches faith and love and charity to our…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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America's critics can be heard everywhere. It is too much in love with money - worshipping the god of the marketplace, the golden calf. It…
— Maurice Saatchi
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I asked Tom if countries always apologized when they had done wrong, and he says - "Yes; the little ones does".
— Mark Twain
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After the countrywide victory of the Chinese revolution and the solution of the land problem, two basic contradictions will still exist in China. The first…
— Mao Zedong
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Judging by opinion polls, Israel has bigger problems than me. It is among the most hated countries on the planet. It should stop acting like…
— Norman Finkelstein
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Economic growth creates jobs, and countries grow when they educate their people and pursue policies that encourage households to save, existing businesses to invest, and…
— Peter Blair Henry
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