Quotes About Nations

Let them all come,' said the Commdor, expansively. 'A symbolic friendly union of our nations. It will give us a chance for further friendly discussion. But one thing.' his face lengthened and grew stern, 'none of your religion. Don't think that all this is an entering wedge for the missionaries.' 'Commdor,' said Mallow, dryly, 'I give you my word that religion would cut my profits.

Había dos naciones compartiendo el mismo espacio, la pequeña nación de la afluencia y las ínfulas cosmopolitas y la gran nación de todos los demás.

We are very conscious of our poor record against the SANZAR nations. We've simply not done well enough against New Zealand or South Africa.

The Zionist movement gave political expression to our claim to the land of Israel. And in 1922, the League of Nations recognized the justice of this claim.

Nations, like individuals, live and die; but civilization cannot die.

Whatever has a tendency to promote the civil intercourse of nations by an exchange of benefits is a subject as worthy of philosophy as of politics.

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

The Empire is a Commonwealth of nations.

Nations, like individuals, have to limit their objectives or take the consequences.

The Baltic countries are sovereign nations. They have the right to decide which military and political bloc they want to be a part of.

God doesn't want to give Israel a king, because God knows, being the rather observant deity God is, that the Israelites will become like all other nations: they will worship their king and not God.

Great nations do not succumb through lost wars, but rather through racial decay and the destruction of their internal order.

Any forces that would impose their will on other nations will certainly face defeat.

Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States.

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

Isn't it strange how the leaders of nations can talk so eloquently about peace while they prepare for war? ... There is no way to make peace while preparing for war.

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.

It goes without saying that when survival is threatened, struggles erupt between peoples, and unfortunate wars between nations result.

What do nations care about the cost of war, if by spending a few hundred millions in steel and gunpowder they can gain a thousand millions in diamonds and cocoa?

Tell the people of all lands Let's get together the future is in our hands. United nations have to agree To say no to war, and yes to peace.

I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars.

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