Country Quote by Pankaj Mishra

Nations have the wrong granularity. They’re too small to be global and too big to be local, and all they can think about is…

— Nicholas Negroponte

From the weak nations' point of view, it is better if there are many powerful countries then if there are just a few. The…

— Eduardo Galeano

Look at a map of the world: the countries which do not trade much, or which trade only in oil and gas, tend to…

— Arancha Gonzalez

Look at the US, look at Russia. Both of these countries are immense geographical territories. But, nowadays, immense territories amount to nothing!

— Paul Virilio

There are perfectly good independent small nations.

— David Attenborough

What's very important is that we build a space that matters in the world, one that operates according to democratic rules, and that small…

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

All small countries have the same problems and concerns about being protected from larger countries and their influences.

— Ken Watanabe

We shouldn't consider smaller countries insignificant. I abide by this principle.

— Narendra Modi

In power politics, it's usually not enough to be liked. A nation has to be considered essential.

— Richard Cohen

Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy.

— Edwidge Danticat

I think it is natural that every country has to take care of its interests, but there are some interests that are common to…

— George Soros

There is not much danger of the smaller nations if the big nations will behave.

— Anonymous