Nations Quotes

The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations.

Governments must now take a leading role in moving their nations in the right direction.

Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it an saw an opportunity to play Wiff-waff.

The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.

The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization.

There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.

While a strong presence on our southern border is imperative, the border cannot be secured unless we enforce our internal laws and stop ignoring the open complicity of U.S. companies and foreign nations to promote illegal activities.

Historically, foreign powers have always been the ones to keep Latin nations divided.

I'm a member of the US committee o the United Nations.

The right of self defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals, and whether the attack be made by Spain herself or by those who abuse her power, its obligation is not the less strong.

National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.

So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.

Europe needs an engine, and the Franco-German motor has provided that when the two nations have converged on important topics during critical periods. But that partnership shouldn't be a directorate for other EU members.

What our men and women in uniform are doing is providing for the Iraqi people and other surrounding nations the opportunity to see, to taste and to experience the democracy that equals freedom and ultimately justice.

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.

The Jew is upset because the nations of the world - the United Nations - lash him, brand him as racist and evil, hate him and openly demonstrate their desire to destroy him.

The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my experience as a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.

The United Nations has become a largely irrelevant, if not positively destructive institution, and the just-released U.N. report on the atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, proves the point.

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.

Historically, the host nations do well in Euro 2000.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches.

In fact, effective solidarity with the poor, both individual persons and entire nations, is indispensable for the construction of peace.

The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment reconciled itself with the loss of independence, and fighting for its own freedom, fought at the same time for the freedom of other nations.

The great men of power who seek to change the nations they belong to usually are pretty terrible people.

The United Nations cannot stand by and witness the destruction of the people of West Papua.

Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.

The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.

Further, by acting decisively in Iraq, the United States has sent very strong signals to other nations that have been or could be terrorist sympathizers.

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.