Today the nations of the world may be divided into two classes; the nations in which the government fears the people, and the nations in which the people fear the government.
Nation Quotes
The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave… to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation.
To me the nation is the ultimate political reality. There is no political reality beyond it. But what it is cannot be determined scientifically, you cannot pick it up, you cannot measure it.
There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favor from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.
A thousand years scarce serve to form a state; An hour may lay it in the dust.
It’s interesting to note that citizens of the 10 wealthiest countries are now 75 times richer than those who live in the 10 poorest ones. And the separation is increasing every year. Not only between nations, but within them… We have not yet made the commitment to share with others an appreciable part of our […]
The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.
No nation has friends only interests.
The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.
