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Nations Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best, that the states are independent as to everything within themselves and united as…
- They are nations of eternal war. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labor, property, and lives of their people.
- Having seen the people of all other nations bowed down to the earth under the wars and prodigalities of their rulers, I have cherished their…
- I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely…
- In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first…
- But whatever be their degree of talent it is no measure of their rights. Because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others in understanding, he…
- I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be grateful, to be faithful to all engagements under all circumstances,…
- With nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable from our moral duties.
- War is not the best engine for us to resort to; nature has given us one in our commerce, which if properly managed, will be…
- We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable…
- I have been happy . . . in believing that . . . whatever follies we may be led into as to foreign nations, we…
- [A] spirit of justice and friendly accomodation...is our duty and our interest to cultivate with all nations.
- Peace with all nations, and the right which that gives us with respect to all nations, are our object.
- But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either party? The ultimate…
- 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…
- No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity
- The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best, that the States are independent as to everything within themselves, and united as…
- Convinced that the republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind, my…
- I recoil with horror at the ferociousness of man. Will nations never devise a more rational umpire of differences than force? Are there no means…
- I could think of no worse example for nations abroad, who for the first time were trying to put free electoral procedures into effect, than…
- For the power given to Congress by the Constitution does not extend to the internal regulation of the commerce of a State (that is to…
- Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
- Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.
- Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.
- An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations…
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