Nations Quotes

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I’ve seen the nations rise and fall. I’ve heard their stories, heard them all, but love’s the only engine of survival. — Leonard Cohen
If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of a… — James Monroe
Across the globe there are girls who will one day lead nations, if only we afford them the chance to choose their own destinies. — Barack Obama
In a word, if this country can steer clear of European politics, stand firm on its bottom, and be wise and temperate in its government,… — George Washington
It may surprise people to know that I advocate the reform of the United Nations, not its abolishment. — Jesse Helms
Nations like individuals are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world. — Abraham Lincoln
The greatest miracle of the Bible is that the prophets of Israel could keep a religion as clean as a hounds tooth amid all the… — Billy Graham
The Declaration of Independence to which these great men affixed their signatures is much more than a political document. It constitutes a spiritual manifesto-revel ation,… — Ezra Taft Benson
In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well their nations, they… — Confucius
To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's… — Woodrow Wilson
Genuine peace must be the product of many nations, the sum of many acts. It must be dynamic, not static, changing to meet the challenge… — John F. Kennedy
So long as freedom from hunger is only half achieved, so long as two thirds of the nations have food deficits, no citizen, no nation… — John F. Kennedy
I think the most moving part of my trip [to Africa] so far was seeing 92-year-old Nelson Mandela, and just thinking about his life. This… — Michelle Obama
European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the trenches. The experience… — Virginia Postrel
. . . it is difficult for Europeans to appreciate the sentiment. Other nations kill animals by wholesale and kill one another; they exist in… — Swami Vivekananda
His Holiness brings a wealth of experience to this exalted office. The United Nations and the Holy See share a strong commitment to peace, social… — Kofi Annan
The diplomatic representatives of the United States of America to other nations are almost entirely Jews. — Julius Streicher
It requires philosophy and heroism to rise above the opinion of the wise men of all nations and races. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Dozens of nations have agreed to join in monitoring and, if necessary, intercepting and boarding ships on the high seas in the event they are… — Frank Gaffney
Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live. — John Milton
Households, cities, countries and nations have enjoyed great happiness, when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such men not only… — Philo
I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment — George Washington
If men want to oppose war, it is statism that they must oppose. So long as they hold the tribal notion that the individual is… — Ayn Rand
It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations. — William Carey
Human rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized by all nations… — Malcolm X

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