Quotes About Territory

Take the American declaration of Independence. It contains no mention of territorial limits. We are not obliged to fix the limits of the State.

An angry enemy encroached on our lives, our territory, our freedom and our independence.

Individuals, like nations, must have suitable broad and natural boundaries, even a considerable neutral ground, between them.

Without geography you're nowhere.

One thing I will say about the Germans, they are always perfectly willing to give somebody's land to somebody else

While internees had "first accepted with philosophical understanding the decision of their government," Ickes told Roosevelt that these imprisoned Americans, charged with no crimes, were now bitter. "I do not think that we can disregard the unnecessary creation of a hostile group right in our own territory." As

So the world is again faced with the problem of armed aggression. Powerful dictatorships are attacking an exposed, but free, area. What should we do? Shall we take the position that, submitting to threat, it is better to surrender pieces of free territory in the hope that this will satisfy the appetite of the aggressor and we shall have peace?

on the west, the Atlantic Ocean; the Rhine and Danube on the north; the Euphrates on the east; and towards the south, the sandy deserts of Arabia and Africa. ^4

a messuage, a dovecote, a carucate of arable and ten acres of meadow.

Sabotage is not merely something to be avoided or wished away; instead, it comes with the territory of leading, whether the "territory" is a family or an organization. And a leader's capacity to recognize sabotage for what it is—that is, a systemic phenomenon connected to the shifting balances in the emotional processes of a relationship system and not to the institution's specific issues, makeup, or goals—is the key to the kingdom.

cause. There will be no more peace in this land until slavery is done for. I will give them something else to do than to extend slave territory.

The born watchdog patrols his beat once in so often during the night. At all times he must sleep with one ear and one eye alert. By day or by night he must discriminate between the visitor whose presence is permitted and the trespasser whose presence is not. He must know what class of undesirables to scare off with a growl and what class needs stronger measures. He must also know to the inch the boundaries of his own master's land.

Has commerce hitherto done anything more than change the objects of war? Is not the love of wealth as domineering and enterprising a passion as that of power or glory? Have there not been as many wars founded upon commercial motives since that has become the prevailing system of nations, as were before occasioned by the cupidity of territory or dominion? Has

I have done a few roles that I've never watched, and if I happen to be flicking through channels and one pops up, I quickly move on. It's hard enough to sustain some self confidence without being reminded of things we'd rather not revisit but, in the end, it comes with the territory.

We're humans. We live on land. Sharks live in water. So if you're swimming in the water and a shark bites you, that's called trespassing. That is called trespassing. That is not a shark attack.

We will protect Punjab's right over its river waters and fight hard to get back Chandigarh and Punjabi-speaking areas.

Japan is determined to defend its territory, territorial waters and air space.

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?

Each colony became accustomed to planting new settlements and to claiming new boundaries.

Conflicts do not respect borders.

If the world were an orange with 18 segments meeting at the top (the North Pole), roughly 8 of them would be in Russia, Canada would have 4, Denmark 2, and Norway, Sweden, and the U.S. just one apiece. Only a sliver of Alaska, on the Beaufort Sea, lies above the Arctic Circle.

For us, sovereignty of Syria is very important.

Israel is becoming a fortress. Fences along the borders with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.

I do know that Syria never will recognize Lebanon as an independent country, and the declaration of independence of Lebanon took place in 1943. Syria never - Syria never have recognized Lebanon. They regard Lebanon as part of Syria.