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Quotes About Nations

I feel like the history between Israel and Palestine has a lot in common with the history between India and Pakistan.
~ Freida Pinto
From the paths of blood (and such is the history of nations) I cannot refuse to turn aside to gather some flowers of science or virtue.
~ Edward Gibbon
It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
In sum, U.S. history is no more violent and oppressive than the history of England, Russia, Indonesia, or Burundi - but neither is it exceptionally less violent.
~ James W. Loewen
We are in the the very midst of a revolution, the most complete, unexpected and remarkable of any in the history of nations.
~ John Adams
The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death so are statues and inscriptions so is history.
~ Lew Wallace
America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home.
~ Mitt Romney
I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations, in examples of justice and liberality.
~ George Washington
As an athlete, I hope we can remain focused on the Olympic spirit which celebrates achievement in sport by peoples of all nations.
~ Brian Boitano
An all-out attack on evolutionist thinking is possibly the only real hope our nations have of rescuing themselves from an inevitable social and moral catastrophe.
~ Ken Ham
There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don't come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.
~ Isaac Asimov
There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.
~ Edmund Burke
Friendship among nations, as among individuals, calls for constructive efforts to muster the forces of humanity in order that an atmosphere of close understanding and cooperation may be cultivated.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
The life of nations no less than that of men is lived largely in the imagination.
~ Enoch Powell
I believe that imagination inspires nations. It's something that I live by.
~ Janelle Monae
Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.
~ Muhammad Iqbal
And with alphabetical irony Nigeria follows New Zealand
~ David Coleman
Great things seem complex and cause the nations to rush towards the minor things that seem easy to reach, hence, they perish. And again my memory echoes…my people die for lack of knowledge.
~ Blaise Tshibwabwa
As priests, we represent our nations, our neighborhoods, our families and our friends before the throne of Almighty God.
~ James W. Goll
In sum, U.S. history is no more violent and oppressive than the history of England, Russia, Indonesia, or Burundi - but neither is it exceptionally less violent.
~ James W. Loewen
It is this living into things that a new generation demands, and it is this, because she is young among the nations, that Russia has to offer.
~ Jane Ellen Harrison
I believe that imagination inspires nations. It's something that I live by.
~ Janelle Monae
Dreams from 1991 are becoming reality. We will build good relations between nations and people. We will strive towards mutual respect and equality of every individual, sex, race and national or any other minority.
~ Janez Drnovsek
The Lord has given gifts to us as well, which, like Israel's of old, are also assignments: children, ministries, churches, cities, nations and many other things.
~ Dutch Sheets