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The history of any nation follows an undulatory course. In the trough of the wave we find more or less complete anarchy; but the crest is not more or less complete Utopia, but only, at best, a tolerably humane, partially free and fairly just society that

» Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) British author ['Brave New World']

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.

» Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German philosopher['Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung']

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

» Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) British politician and author [Prime Minister of the UK from February 20, 1874 to April 21, 1880]

When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.

» Bill Gates (1955-?) American Businessman

Spain: A whale stranded upon the coast of Europe.

» Edmund Burke (1729-1797) British political writer

A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered.

» Edmund Burke (1729-1797) British political writer

I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.

» George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright, critic, political activist

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

» George W. Bush (1946-?) American Politician

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

» James Joyce (1882-1941) Irish author

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.

» Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) French-Swiss political philosopher and essayist

The French complain of everything, and always.

» John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) American business magnate and philanthropist

Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam.

» John Milton (1608-1674) English poet, polemicist, man of letters

Great countries are those that produce great people.

» Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) British politician and author [Prime Minister of the UK from February 20, 1874 to April 21, 1880]

God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much more conceited, only young in a certain puerile vanity more like senility than anything.

» D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) English writer. 'Women in Love', 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'

It is equality of monotony which makes the strength of the British Isles.

» Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) American columnist, lecturer and humanitarian

Nations! What are nations? Tartars! and Huns! and Chinamen! Like insects they swarm. The historian strives in vain to make them memorable. It is for want of a man that there are so many men. It is individuals that populate the world.

» Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American naturalist, poet and philosopher, abolitionist

A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other s

» Jimmy Carter (1924-?) American statesman 39th President of the USA

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it.

» John Ruskin (1819-1900) English weiter and art critic

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