11th-century Quote by Eiríka Krogsæter Download Open image ““A nation built from the flames of another mustn't last long”” — Eiríka Krogsæter ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare 11th-century Governance Government Government-quotes Norse
“Nation after nation, when at the zenith of its power, has proclaimed itself invincible because its army could shake the earth with its tread… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
“A nation that fails to recognize and appreciate history is destined for decay.” — Mark Mortensen Copy Share Image
“No powerful nation can truly last forever, no matter how inpersanistic” — Eiríka Krogsæter Copy Share Image
While the nation that has dared to be great, that has had the will and the power to change the destiny of the ages, in the end must die, yet no less surely the nation that has played the part of the weakling must also die; and whereas the nation that has done nothing leaves nothing behind it, the nation… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
“A long war almost always places nations in the wretched alternative of being abandoned to ruin by defeat or to despotism by success.” — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“My countrymen, we hold a rich deposit in trust for ourselves and for all our brethren of mankind. It is the fire of liberty.… — Francis Scott Key Copy Share Image
“nationalism promises that whoever dies for the nation will for ever live in its collective memory. Yet this promise is so fuzzy that even… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“The only modern ideology that still awards death a central role is nationalism. In its more poetic and desperate moments, nationalism promises that whoever… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“I've seen the world go up in flames. I've seen it smolder and singe, until there's nothing left. I've seen it as everyone else… — Mr. Minickey from "How The World Went Up In Flames Copy Share Image
“The martyr who longs for the flames can be no right candidate for them.” — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“No powerful nation can truly last forever, no matter how inpersanistic” — Eiríka Krogsæter Copy Share Image
“It was as easy as breathing to go and have tea near the place where Jane Austen had so wittily scribbled and so painfully… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I told you I love you, not so you say it back, but so you know it's true” — Amber May Lin Kay Copy Share Image
“No powerful nation can truly last forever, no matter how inpersanistic” — Eiríka Krogsæter Copy Share Image