#nation

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty. ↗

— Nadia Boulanger

#great #great work #liberty #made #obedience

People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills. ↗

— Marvin Bower

#education #judged #nationality #people #performance

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#instance #nation #prolonged #warfare

A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should not use one uniform expression. ↗

— Mo Yan

#dark #dark side #express #expression #human

The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records. ↗

— Richard Branson

#assets #bands #brand #careers #combination

A formally recognized equality does, however, accord the smaller nations a position which they should be able to use increasingly in the interest of humanity as a whole and in the service of the ideal. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#accord #does #equality #formally #however

Before the war there were many who were more or less ignorant of the international labor movement but who nevertheless turned to it for salvation when the threat of war arose. They hoped that the workers would never permit a war. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#before #hoped #ignorant #international #labor

Fraternity among nations, however, touches the deepest desire of human nature. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#deepest #desire #fraternity #however #human

Let us return, however, to the League of Nations. To create an organization which is in a position to protect peace in this world of conflicting interests and egotistic wills is a frighteningly difficult task. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#create #difficult #difficult task #however #interests

No nation is so great as to be able to afford, in the long run, to remain outside an increasingly universal League of Nations. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#afford #great #increasingly #league #long