Nations Quotes

2130 Nations quotes by 1213 unique authors

Nations should be governed by a council of learned men who must answer to the people for their actions. — Isabel Allende
If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony… — Sathya Sai Baba
The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive ... but in spite of their religion, not because of it. The Church has opposed… — Mark Twain
We patronize the animals for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly… — Henry Beston
Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any… — Patrick Henry
god grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the… — Benjamin Franklin
As man advances in civilization, and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual that he ought to extend… — Charles Darwin
It is very easy to shun someone who is deliberately cruel, and everyone loathes a man who is brutal and vicious. Such people have a… — Sharon Shinn
Q.Do you have any positive message, in your opinion? A.Indeed I do think that I do. Q.Such as what? A.The crying, almost screaming, need of… — Tennessee Williams
What do nations care about the cost of war, if by spending a few hundred millions in steel and gunpowder they can gain a thousand… — W. E. B. Du Bois
A people are as healthy and confident as the stories they tell themselves. Sick storytellers can make nations sick. Without stories we would go mad.… — Ben Okri
Away! Away! The spell of arms and voices: the white arms of roads, their promise of close embraces and the black arms of tall ships… — James Joyce
He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations is said to… — Oscar Wilde
Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves. — Charles Baudelaire
That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of nations, is as shocking as… — Thomas Paine
When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree — William Blake
I have now seen sucrose beaches and water a very bright blue. I have seen an all-red leisure suit with flared lapels. I have smelled… — David Foster Wallace
Open the history of the past at whatsoever page you will and there you shall find coincidence at work bringing about events that the merest… — Rafael Sabatini
How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and… — Elie Wiesel
The Lord has blessed you with a testimony of the truth. You have felt His influence and witnessed His power. And if you continue to… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
We Americans claim to be a peace-loving people. We hate bloodshed; we are opposed to violence. Yet we go into spasms of joy over the… — Emma Goldman
If men will permit themselves to think, as rational beings ought to think, nothing can appear more ridiculous and absurd, exclusive of all moral reflections,… — Thomas Paine
In a rich moonlit garden, flowers open beneath the eyes of entire nations terrified to acknowledge the simplicity of the beauty of peace. — Aberjhani
They put me in a holding cell with a black kid and a white kid and a Chinese kid. We're the United Nations of juvenile… — Sherman Alexie
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little… — Dave Barry

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