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2130 Nations quotes by 1213 unique authors

I've been vegan for 15 years, and it turns out it makes a very big impact on the environment to eat fewer animal products, which… — Emily Deschanel
It seems disingenuous for the intellectual elite of the first world to dwell on the subject of too many babies being born in the second-… — Jeremy Rifkin
One of the great challenges you will face is that a part of the world, and some in it, do not have or do not… — King Hussein I
Mountains culminate in peaks, and nations in men. — Jose Marti
Nations grow corrupt, love bondage more than liberty; bondage with ease than strenuous liberty. — John Milton
I have named the destroyers of nations: comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in which rebellion against… — John Steinbeck
The nations of the world, if they follow the Lord, will continue to be a blessing to His children so long as they trust and… — L. Tom Perry
Without marriage there will be no misery - and no laughter either. There will be so much silence...it will be Nirvana on the earth! Marriage… — Rajneesh
This is the first nation that organized government on the basis of universal liberty with a free Church and a free State. This meant much… — Unknown Author
I sincerely join you in abjuring all political connection with every foreign power; and tho I cordially wish well to the progress of liberty in… — Thomas Jefferson
Theories of "natural law" and the "law of nations" are another excellent example of discussions destitute of all exactness. [...] "Natural law" is simply that… — Vilfredo Pareto
Nations are not ruined by one act of violence, but gradually and in an almost imperceptible manner by the depreciation of their circulating currency, through… — Nicolaus Copernicus
Does the Bible ever say anywhere from Genesis to Revelation, 'My house shall be called a house of preaching'? Does it ever say, 'My house… — Jim Cymbala
To strive for the common prosperity and happiness of all nations, as well as the security and wellbeing of our subjects, is the solemn obligation… — Hirohito
Mother's milk would be banned by the food safety laws of industrialized nations if it were sold as a packaged good. — Paul Hawken
I have come to the conclusion that human beings are born with an innate capacity to triumph over trauma. I believe not only that trauma… — Peter A. Levine
Wherever we direct our view, we discover the melancholy proofs of our depravity; whether we look to ancient or modern times, to barbarous or civilized… — William Wilberforce
Not all revolutionaries set out to change the world per se; some set out to change their own worlds. And in so doing, they often… — Anita Roddick
Great men, great nations, have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have manned themselves to face it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is going to be a long, hard haul; it will require patience, courage, faith that hangs on when hope fails, if we are to… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. We must not… — W. E. B. Du Bois
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
First Europe, and then the globe, will be linked by flight, and nations so knit together that they will grow to be next-door neighbors. .… — Unknown Author
But sea power has never led to despotism. The nations that have enjoyed sea power even for a brief period-Athens, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, England, the… — Samuel Eliot Morison
America has global trade with plenty of nations that provide inexpensive labor, but it's better for us when they're in our own hemisphere, rather than… — Ernest Istook

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