“he world in all doth but two nations bear, The good, the bad; and these mixed everywhere”
Andrew Marvell
“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.”
Winston Churchill
“Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations.”
Kofi Annan
“The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human life; you have much in little; they save time in speaking; and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answer.”
William Penn
“I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this -- no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.”
Will Rogers
“We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it”
Dave Barry
“A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril”