#nations

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations. ↗

— John Adams

#atheist #believe #believed #blind #civilize

With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#always #donations #expect #keep #most

Dreams from 1991 are becoming reality. We will build good relations between nations and people. We will strive towards mutual respect and equality of every individual, sex, race and national or any other minority. ↗

— Janez Drnovsek

#becoming #between #build #dreams #equality

I don't have the inclinations that other people seem to have as far as the business is concerned. ↗

— Kristin Hersh

#business #concerned #far #i #inclinations

There are lots of nations in the world or national peoples who don't yet have states. They're inside someone else's state and they want a state of their own. ↗

— Michael Ignatieff

#inside #lots #national #nations #own

What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small. ↗

— Richard Mentor Johnson

#call #cannot #citizens #deprive #exercised

Most of the vices and mortal sins condemned today correspond to inclinations that were purely adaptive or at least harmless in primitive man. ↗

— Konrad Lorenz

#condemned #correspond #harmless #inclinations #least

While it may take generations of nurturing, nations founded on and grounded in freedom will eventually overcome and prosper. Once free, folks rarely accept anything less, and that includes Iraqis. ↗

— Trent Lott

#anything #eventually #folks #founded #free

After September 11th, nations from across the globe offered their generous assistance to the people of New York. And whenever our friends around the world need our assistance, New York is there. ↗

— George Pataki

#after #around #assistance #friends #generous

Free trade is very important if we respect equality among nations. ↗

— Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

#equality #free #free trade #important #nations