Country Quote by Kofi Annan

The U.S. increasingly has taken on the characteristics of what we describe as 'failed states.'

— Noam Chomsky

The West would be well advised to change its approach towards failing states. At present, no major power can find the correct ways and…

— Ahmed Rashid

The United States is a concept that works very well, even in bad times. But that's no reason to think its structure can be…

— Paul Johnson

I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

History shows that nations are more fragile than their citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time.

— Richard Lamm

Any nation that does not emphasize integrity will always fail.

— Yemi Osinbajo

We have states. And we have cities. And we have counties. And we have the private sector. And - and so the country still…

— Barack Obama

A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and…

— Samuel Johnson

What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I don't believe in binational states. There are wonderful examples of this, prosperous multinational states: Switzerland, Switzerland and Switzerland. Everywhere else - be it…

— Amos Oz

States in the world are like individuals in the state of nature. They are neither perfectly good nor are they controlled by law.

— Kenneth Waltz

The United States has entered the ranks of the failed states. One of the most remarkable manifestations of a failed state is that the…

— Paul Craig Roberts