Nations Quotes

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The infant periods of most nations are buried in silence or veiled in fable; and the world perhaps has lost but little which it needs… — James Madison
With all my heart I believe that the world's present system of sovereign nations can only lead to barbarism, war and inhumanity, and that only… — Albert Einstein
Peace is not just the absence of war, it is the active presence of a capacity for love and compassion, and reciprocity. It is an… — Dennis Kucinich
A hundred years ago, the electric telegraph made possible-indeed, inevitable-the United States of America. The communications satellite will make equally inevitable a United Nations of… — Arthur C. Clarke
May you become as the waves of one sea, stars of the same heaven, fruits adorning the same tree, roses of one garden in order… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
Happy nations have no history. History is the study of mankind's misfortune. — Raymond Queneau
...the very cannibalism of the counterrevolution will convince the nations that there is only one way in which the murderous death agonies of the old… — Karl Marx
We eat as sons and daughters, as families, as communities, as generations, as nations, and increasingly as a globe. We can't stop our eating from… — Jonathan Safran Foer
The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals. — James Monroe
Many of our brothers and sisters are 'baptized, but insufficiently evangelized.' In a number of cases, nations once rich in faith and in vocations are… — Pope Benedict XVI
I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be grateful, to be faithful to all engagements under all circumstances,… — Thomas Jefferson
Animals are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time. — Henry Beston
Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion to its numbers… — John Quincy Adams
We see in Islam a religion that traces its origins back to God's call on Abraham. We share your belief in God's justice, and your… — George W. Bush
When it comes to the common rights and needs of men and women, there is no clash of civilizations. The requirements of freedom apply fully… — George W. Bush
Education has now become the chief problem of the world, its one holy cause. The nations that see this will survive, and those that fail… — G. Stanley Hall
The simple fact is that the world is not paying for the services the forests provide. At the moment, they are worth more dead than… — Prince Charles
Desire is making people build ships and cities, has made men conquer nations... and it can defeat that nicotine — Napoleon Hill
We could use up two Eternities in learning all that is to be learned about our own world and the thousands of nations that have… — Mark Twain
The idea that nations should love one another, or that business concerns or marketing boards should love one another, or that a man in Portugal… — E. M. Forster

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