Nations Quotes

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Science transcends mere politics. As recent history demonstrates, scientists are as willing to work for a Tojo, a Hitler, or a Stalin as for the… — Edward Abbey
America My Country: last nation on earth to abolish human slavery; first of all nations to drop the nuclear bomb on our fellow human beings. — Edward Abbey
America -- rather, the United States -- seems to me to be the Jew among the nations. It is resourceful, adaptable, maligned, envied, feared, imposed… — Edna Ferber
The English landscape at its finest - such as I saw this morning - possesses a quality that the landscapes of other nations, however more… — Kazuo Ishiguro
The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization. — Mercy Otis Warren
And if we now cast our eyes over the nations of the earth, we shall find that, instead of possessing the pure religion of the… — Samuel Adams
But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either party? The ultimate… — Thomas Jefferson
The mobilization of world opinion and methods of negotiation should be developed and used by every nation in order to strengthen the United Nations. — Eleanor Roosevelt
We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This… — Eleanor Roosevelt
There are some who maintain that trade will regulate itself, and it is not to be benefited by the encouragements or restraints of government. Such… — Alexander Hamilton
There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. — George Washington
Had the news of salvation by Jesus Christ been inscribed on the face of the sun and the moon, in characters that all nations would… — Thomas Paine
The Creation speaks a universal language, independent of human speech or human language, multiplied and various as they be. It is an ever-existing original, which… — Thomas Paine
It is quite clear that as long as the nations of the world spend most of their energy, money, and emotional strength in quarreling with… — Isaac Asimov
It's a curious thing, this thing we call civilization...we think it is an affair of epochs, and nations. It's really an affair of individuals. One… — William Dean Howells
The American Dream that has lured tens of millions of all nations to our shores in the past century has not been a dream of… — James Truslow Adams
Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations. — John Quincy Adams
Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations. — Thomas Gray
The New World Order is a world that has a supernational authority to regulate world commerce and industry; an international organization that would control the… — Willy Brandt
Europeâ€™s nations should be guided towards the superstate without their people understanding what is happening. This can be accomplished by successive steps, each disguised as… — Jean Monnet

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