Quotes
Quotes about Nations
But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is to be regarded as the law of nature. [Lat., Omni autem in re consensio omnium gentium lex naturae putanda est.]
The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone!
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations â entangling alliances with none.
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which ... is within the souls of men.
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity by their own.
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannonshots.
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people. -Jawaharlal Nehru.
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
The direct use of physical force is so poor a solution to the problem of limited resources that it is commonly employed only by small children and great nations.
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.
Carrier of news and knowledge, Instrument of trade and industry, Promoter of mutual acquaintance, Of peace and good-will Among men and nations.
This administration has broken faith with the people of America. They have squandered the immense good will extended by other nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
...originality consists of the achievement of new combinations, and not of the creation of something out of nothing.
A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When we do good to them, it is not benevolence--it is atonement.
The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in the history of nations.
It seems that nothing ever gets to going good till there's a few resignations.
From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow.
While in the progress of their long decay, Thrones sink to dust, and nations pass away.
The silent influence of books, is a mighty power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them known only to those who read them with desire and enthusiasm. Silent, passive, and noiseless though they be, they yet set in action countless multitudes, and change the order of nations.
