#nation

Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#also #amount #banker #board #certain

The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#attitude #became #changed #everybody #international

The biggest trade that Germany and Britain had was with each other, in the prewar period; I think I'm right in that. Two highly industrialized nations had the most trade with each other, and it wasn't tariff policies alone that made trade relations better for both of them. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#better #biggest #both #britain #each

We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a breakdown of trade barriers in Europe first, and then eventually a breakdown internationally, which would help increase trade with Europe. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#barriers #breakdown #europe #eventually #feet

Individuals and nations owe it to themselves and the world to become informed. ↗

— Paul Harris

#individuals #informed #nations #owe #themselves

One's nativity is not of his own choosing, but whatever it may be, it is entitled to respect; and all nations have honorable place in the world's family. ↗

— Paul Harris

#choosing #entitled #family #his #honorable

If there is anything worse than international warfare, is civil warfare, and the United States was destined to experience it in the extreme of bitterness. ↗

— Paul Harris

#bitterness #civil #destined #experience #extreme

Permanent superiority has never been realized by any nation in history. After the rise comes the fall. ↗

— Paul Harris

#any #been #comes #fall #history

The nation that is supreme above all others during one age, will be eclipsed by another in the next age. ↗

— Paul Harris

#age #another #during #eclipsed #nation

The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#false #greatest #progress #stagnation