“Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations wherever you come; that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them; then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone; whereby in them you may be a blessing, and make the witness of God in them to bless you.”
George Fox
“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
“Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril”
Winston Churchill
“The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground”
“Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.”
Dalai Lama
“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.”
