Nations

Famous quotes containing the word nations:

“In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)

“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.”
—Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

“There have been some nations who could do nothing but construct tombs, and these are the only traces which they have left. They are the heathen.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)