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Nations Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 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…
- The peoples of many countries are being taxed to the point of poverty and starvation... to enable governments to engage in a mad race in…
- Friendship among nations, as among individuals, calls for constructive efforts to muster the forces of humanity in order that an atmosphere of close understanding and…
- On both sides of the line, we are so accustomed to an undefended boundary three thousand miles long that we are inclined perhaps to minimize…
- The trade agreement which I had the privilege of signing with your Prime Minister last autumn is tangible evidence of the desire of the people…
- A nation, like a person, has a mind - a mind that must be kept informed and alert, that must know itself, that understands the…
- Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is…
- The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn…
- If civilization is to survive, theprinciples of the Prince of Peace must be restored. Shattered trust between nations must be revived. Mostimportant of all the…
More Nations Quotes
- War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. — Hannah Arendt
- The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles. — Michelle Bachelet
- For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. — Francis Bacon
- The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based… — Mahmoud Abbas
- We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations… — Franklin P. Adams
- The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate,… — John Adams
- Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand. — Aphra Behn
- For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount… — Robert Benchley
- God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among… — Pope Benedict XVI
- The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a… — Benazir Bhutto
- The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. — Ambrose Bierce
- Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or… — William Blake