Nations Quotes
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As the United Nations pushes for jurisdiction over the globe, it is important to remember how it has acted in Bosnia. The character of an institution, no less than of an individual, is revealed through actions, not words.
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If wars in the future are to be prevented the nations must be united in their determination to keep the peace under law.
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Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other.
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We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.
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Forgetfulness, and I would even say historical error, are essential in the creation of a nation.
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Happy is the nation without a history.
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There is no history worthy attention save that of free nations; the history of nations under the sway of despotism is no more than a collection of anecdotes.
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Whether in peaceful trade or warlike attack, the sea unites more than it divides. Even if it were possible to treat England, or the British Isles, as a single, homogenous, united nation, it would still be impossible to write its naval history without reference to the histories of the other nations, near and far, with which the sea has connected it.
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Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the nation - especially in the suburbs.
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I don't want to force the peacekeeping nations to feel like I'm pushing them out.
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The American taxpayer should not be treated more shabbily than debtors from other nations and we should be encouraging other nations to help rebuild Iraq's economy.
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The people gave me the responsibility of building the future of this nation And I did it with honor.
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There is no art or science that is too difficult for industry to attain to; it is the gift of tongues, and makes a man understood and valued in all countries, and by all nations; it is the philosopher's stone, that turns all metals, and even stones, into gold, and suffers not want to break into its dwelling; it is the northwest passage, that brings the merchant's ships as soon to him as he can desire: in a word, it conquers all enemies, and makes fortune itself pay contribution.
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I believe that there is no test of greatness in periods, nations or men more sure than the development, among them or in them, of a noble grotesque, and no test of comparative smallness or limitation, of one kind or another, more sure than the absence of grotesque invention, or incapability of understanding it.
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What we really want to do is to be left alone. We don't want Negroes around. We don't need Negroes around. We're not asking - you know, we don't want to have them, you know, for our culture. We simply want our own country and our own society. That's in no way exploitive at all. We want our own society, our own nation....
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The punishment of death is the war of a nation against a citizen whose destruction it judges to be necessary or useful.
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There's a lot of exaggerated talk about CAFTA, but it's actually a fairly routine trade agreement. Although it involves fairly small nations, they're still more important trade partners than places like Australia or many other larger nations.
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Our bridge to the future must include bridges to other nations, because we remain the world's indispensable nation to advance prosperity, peace and freedom and to keep our own children safe from the dangers of terror and weapons of mass destruction.
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Sometime in the coming century, people will rack their brains pondering how nations with tremendous scientific and intellectual achievements could have given uninstructed and untrained men and women the right to vote equally uninstructed and untrained people into responsible positions.
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There is not much danger of the smaller nations if the big nations will behave.
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Nations are always making mistakes because they do not understand each other's psychology.
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Canada is destined to be one of the great nations of the world and Canadian women must be ready for citizenship.
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When you look around the world, every place that socialism has been implemented, it has failed miserably, destroying the economy, freedom and - in Germany, the Soviet Union and other nations - millions of lives.
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No nation on this globe should be more internationally minded than America because it was built by all nations.
