75 Nations Quotes

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A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little. — Bernie Sanders

The preservation of freedom, is not the task of soldiers alone. The whole nation has to be strong. — Lal Bahadur Shastri

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within. — Douglas MacArthur

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness. — Marcus Garvey

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. — Mahatma Gandhi

Girls should be brought up to be comrades and helpers, not to be dolls. They should take a real and not a visionary share in the welfare of the nation. — Robert Baden-Powell

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under. — Ronald Reagan

We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world. — Lal Bahadur Shastri

When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers. — John Calvin

The hardest lesson of my life has come to me late. It is that a nation can win freedom without its people becoming free. — Joshua Nkomo

Short Nations Quotes

  • No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people. — Julius Nyerere
  • Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. — Benjamin Franklin
  • No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you. — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  • The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of british rule in India. — Lala Lajpat Rai
  • We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action. — Sarojini Naidu
  • Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded. — Julius Nyerere
  • I like them brown, yellow, Puerto Rican, or Haitian Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu nation. — Phife Dawg
  • Righteousness exalts a nation. Hate just makes people miserable. — Fannie Lou Hamer
  • A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation. — Ronald Reagan
  • Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves. — Simon Bolivar

Nations Image Quotes

Nations quote When a nation becomes devoid of art and learning, it invites poverty. And when poverty comes it brin
When a nation becomes devoid of art and learning, it invites poverty. And when poverty comes it brings in its wake of thousands of crimes.
We have a secret weapon...it is called Nationalism - Ho Chi Minh quote

We have a secret weapon...it is called Nationalism — Ho Chi Minh

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. - Albert Einstein quote

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. — Albert Einstein

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. - Frank Zappa quote

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. — Frank Zappa

Nations quote The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Amschel Rothschild quote

Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. — Mayer Amschel Rothschild

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. - Albert Einstein quote

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. — Albert Einstein

No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices. - Edward R. Murrow quote

No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices. — Edward R. Murrow

The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation. - Pierre Trudeau quote

The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation. — Pierre Trudeau

Biofuels are the future of energy in this nation and around the world - Rod Blagojevich quote

Biofuels are the future of energy in this nation and around the world — Rod Blagojevich

No nation respects a beggar. - Elijah Muhammad quote

No nation respects a beggar. — Elijah Muhammad

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction. - Bob Marley quote

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction. — Bob Marley

National liberation is necessarily an act of culture - Amilcar Cabral quote

National liberation is necessarily an act of culture — Amilcar Cabral

England is a nation of shopkeepers. - Napoleon Bonaparte quote

England is a nation of shopkeepers. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Happy is the nation without a history. - Cesare Beccaria quote

Happy is the nation without a history. — Cesare Beccaria

Every time you think, you weaken the nation. - Moe Howard quote

Every time you think, you weaken the nation. — Moe Howard

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. - Dan Quayle quote

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. — Dan Quayle

A small nation can fight a superpower with determination and dedication. - Velupillai Prabhakaran quote

A small nation can fight a superpower with determination and dedication. — Velupillai Prabhakaran

Usury once in control will wreck the nation. - William Lyon Mackenzie King quote

Usury once in control will wreck the nation. — William Lyon Mackenzie King

Be of good cheer, for sadness cannot heal the national wounds. - Dorothea Dix quote

Be of good cheer, for sadness cannot heal the national wounds. — Dorothea Dix

Freedom is not nurtured by nations preparing for war. - William Appleman Williams quote

Freedom is not nurtured by nations preparing for war. — William Appleman Williams

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing. - Catherine II quote

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing. — Catherine II

Two Countries Quotes

I am the leader of one country which has two alphabets, three languages, four religions, five nationalities, six republics, surrounded by seven neighbours, a country in which live eight ethnic minorities. — Josip Broz Tito

Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians. — Charles Krauthammer

What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three languages, and several cultural traditions. It is precisely this that defines my identity. Would I exist more authentically if I cut off a part of myself — Amin Maalouf

I have a neighbor who knows 200 types of wine. ... I only know two types of wine - red and white. But my neighbor only knows two types of countries - industrialized and developing. And I know 200. — Hans Rosling

I think both sides [China and United States] should work hard to build a new type of relationship between big powers. The two sides should cooperate with each other for a win-win result in order to benefit people from the two countries and the world. — Xi Jinping

My observation is that after one hundred and twenty years of modernisation since the opening of the country, present-day Japan is split between two opposite poles of ambiguity. — Kenzaburo Oe

I found there a country with thirty-two religions and only one sauce. - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

I found there a country with thirty-two religions and only one sauce. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. - Ambrose Bierce

Democracy is four wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. — Ambrose Bierce

Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs. — George Will

At the beginning of the new century, it is the common aspiration of the peoples of the two countries to deepen mutual understanding, enhance trust, develop friendship and strengthen cooperation. — Li Peng

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Read quotes by Lal Bahadur Shastri

Lal Bahadur Shastri
quotes on farmers, education and freedom

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Read quotes by Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan
quotes on socialism, freedom and government

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Read quotes by Julius Nyerere

Julius Nyerere
quotes on development, education and leadership

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Read quotes by Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders
quotes on millionaires, equality and capitalism

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Read quotes by Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur
quotes on leadership, planning

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Read quotes by Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey
quotes on love, education and confidence

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More Nations Quotes

To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism. - G. Edward Griffin quote

To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism. — G. Edward Griffin

Man is equal to man. There should not be exploitation. One should help the other. No one should harm anybody. Generally there should be no room for grievance or complaint from anybody. Everyone should live and let others live, with a national spirit. — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

Throughout history many nations have suffered a physical defeat, but that has never marked the end of a nation. But when a nation has become the victim of a psychological defeat, then that marks the end of a nation. — Ibn Khaldun

During my term in AU, I will initiate an organised compensation claim for Africa and I will fight for a greater voice for Africa in the United Nations Security Council. If they (Western nations) do not want to live with us fairly, it is our planet and they can go to other planet. — Muammar al-Gaddafi

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent. — Napoleon Bonaparte

What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to billionaires, but we can't take care of the elderly and the children. — Bernie Sanders

We got dreams and we got the right to chase 'em, Look at the nation, that's a crooked smile braces couldn't even straighten. — J. Cole

Race? It is a feeling, not a reality. Ninety-five per cent, at least. Nothing will ever make me believe that biologically pure races can be shown to exist today.... National pride has no need of the delirium of race. — Benito Mussolini

We are all Malaysians. This is the bond that unites us. Let us always remember that unity is our fundamental strength as a people and as a nation. — Tunku Abdul Rahman

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