#nation

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism. ↗

— Earl Warren

#failure #found #imperatives #internationalism #most

Those who have heard or read anything from me on the subject, know that one of the principal points insisted on is, the forming of societies or any other artificial combinations IS the first, greatest, and most fatal mistake ever committed by legislators and by reformers. ↗

— Josiah Warren

#anything #artificial #combinations #committed #ever

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. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#among #arbitrary #arbitrary power #civilization #degrees

I just smile. And they - my opponents don't like it when I smile at them. They think I'm playing or something. But - like I smile throughout the whole fight. Sometimes I'll be throwing combinations and I just smile and stick my tongue out at them. ↗

— Rau'Shee Warren

#fight #i #just #like #opponents

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#frightened #given #i #laziness #more

If we had a hydrogen economy worldwide, every nation on earth could create its own energy source to support its economy, and the threat of war over diminishing resources would just evaporate. ↗

— Dennis Weaver

#create #diminishing #earth #economy #energy

I think often in film we limit our imaginations a little - well, quite a lot, actually... things get quite formulaic. ↗

— Hugo Weaving

#film #formulaic #get #i #i think

Here's the truth. The proposed top rate of income tax is not 50 per cent. It is 50 per cent plus 1.5 per cent national insurance paid by employees plus 13.3 per cent paid by employers. That's not 50 per cent. Two years from now, Britain will have the highest tax rate on earned income of any developed country. ↗

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

#britain #cent #country #developed #developed country

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. ↗

— Daniel Webster

#beings #civilized #civilized nations #earth #great

For me, part of the fascination with making animation is you go to a place; it's a complete immersion in someone else's fantasy. ↗

— Chris Wedge

#complete #else #fantasy #fascination #go