Nations Quotes

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War seems to me to be a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such an abominable business.… — Albert Einstein
I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations. — Samuel Johnson
Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract. They… — Thomas B. Macaulay
And so it is that I carry with me from this State to that high and lonely office to which I now succeed more than… — John F. Kennedy
Flying has changed how we imagine our planet, which we have seen whole from space, so that even the farthest nations are ecological neighbors. It… — Diane Ackerman
The principal purposes to be answered by union are these the common defense of the members; the preservation of the public peace as well against… — Alexander Hamilton
I believe that if we had and would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar-soaked fingers out of the business of these nations so full of depressed,… — Michael Parenti
Just as the power of the feudal aristocracy had to be broken in order for capitalism to emerge fully, so must imperialism and capitalism in… — Michael Parenti
So prominent was the Jewish role in the foreign commerce of Europe that those nations that received the Jews gained and the countries that excluded… — Will Durant
[T]he most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without… — James Madison
The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity. — Grover Cleveland
Peace with all nations, and the right which that gives us with respect to all nations, are our object. — Thomas Jefferson
We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of other nations far away. We… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I wish to reiterate all the reasons which [my predecessor] has presented in favor of the policy of maintaining a strong navy as the best… — William Howard Taft
But the whole vital process of the earth takes place so gradually and in periods of time which are so immense compared with the length… — Aristotle
If, when the chips are down, the worlds most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of… — Richard M. Nixon
The day will come when all nations amidst which the Jews are dwelling will have to raise the question of their wholesale expulsion, a question… — Franz Liszt
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… — Strobe Talbott
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is eager to enter into close relationship with the Bank for International Settlements....The conclusion is impossible to escape… — Louis Thomas McFadden
The United Nations will spearhead our efforts to manage the new conflicts (that afflict our world)....Yes the principles of the United Nations Charter are worth… — Colin Powell

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