Duty Quote by Thomas Jefferson

The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties.

— Thomas Jefferson

We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found…

— Thomas Jefferson

Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.

— William Sloane Coffin

But it is well to remember that we are dealing with nations every one of which has a direct individual interest to serve, and…

— Henry Cabot Lodge

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals.

— Mahatma Ghandi

Every nation necessarily inhabits a morally compromised space. All too often our ideals seem to be held to ransom by what we believe, rightly…

— Abhijit Banerjee

The moral sense is always supported by the permanent interest of the parties. Else, I know not how, in our world, any good would…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Ethics are the secret of nations life”

— Ali Al-Tantawi

There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience…

— George Washington

Political interest [can] never be separated in the long run from moral right.

— Thomas Jefferson

In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves.

— Anonymous

We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world - but we do so with the understanding that it is the…

— Donald Trump