#nations

The world before 1914 was already a world in which the welfare of each individual nation was inextricably bound up with the prosperity of the whole community of nations. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#before #bound #community #each #individual

Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for by throwing their joint weight into the scales of history on the right side, they may tip the balance decisively in favour of peace. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#balance #decisively #favour #great #great responsibility

I was very inspired by Les Blank's film 'Burden of Dreams.' I think what's unique about his film and the two I've made is that they're close examinations of filmmakers and how their own emotional experiences reflect in the material they're rendering, and vice versa - how that material sometimes colors their own lives. ↗

— George Hickenlooper

#blank #burden #close #colors #dreams

Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

#ago #almost #civil #civil war #even

I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

#hope #i #impetus #millennium #nations

The United Nations will be at the heart of our international activities. France will assume its full responsibilities at the Security Council by putting its status at the service of peace, respect for human rights and development. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#assume #council #development #france #full

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#dawn #does #eclipse #endless #entitled

Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made so easily, and the raw material cost so little, that generally the god market was fairly glutted and heaven crammed with these phantoms. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#cost #crammed #easily #fairly #few

Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#die #hands #hearts #nations #poets

I understand what happens to the brain when people are near death, and I had always believed there were good scientific explanations for the heavenly out-of-body journeys described by those who narrowly escaped death. ↗

— Eben Alexander

#believed #brain #death #described #escaped