top of page
.png){kind=small}
Nation Quotes
"Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians."
16
"The Holocaust committed by the Nazis turned this country, where most of the European Jews used to live and where their culture used to flourish, into a massive grave. This is why initiatives to revive Jewish culture in Poland is so important."
8
"There's a civic nationalism in Britain and dozens of other countries."
6
"Stay with us, please remain in this country and constitute a nation based on national unity."
6
"What's very important is that we build a space that matters in the world, one that operates according to democratic rules, and that small and large countries enjoy a good relationship."
6
"There is so much that we need to do for our country. I don't think that we can afford to wait."
5
"When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open."
5
"We will liberate our country from the occupying forces and put an end to relations between Russia and the Chechen State, no matter how difficult the task may be."
5
"True, other countries are helping us. Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources."
5
"We have not created any sort of democratic test for any nation."
5
"Does any one know the number of illegal arms in the country?"
5
"We don't think that we are in a quarrel with anybody. We may have a difference of opinion, but we'll not allow such differences of opinion to grow into a problem that stands in the way of reconstructing the country and regaining the democratic path."
5
"My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure."
4
"I mean, the world has already done a big, big effort to forget debt to countries heavily indebted and with low income. And that has given good chances to countries to get out of poverty."
4
"If such a young nation as the U.S. could make it to superpower status, we could do it as well."
4
"Clearly it is better that, when someone is wanted by the international police, and this person travels, and a country knows about it, that country reports the fact."
4
"In general, every country has the language it deserves."
4
"Let us reject violence and selfishness which could destroy our country's unity."
4
"But thanks to the efforts, the initiative of the United States and of the several countries from the world, from Europe, including Turkey, it ended within a few weeks."
4
"Without the United States, there simply would not have been an armed uprising in our country."
4
"In the United Nations, when China entered, we voted on the same position, and since then we have maintained the same position, that position has not changed."
4
"But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries."
4
"The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries."
4
"In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear."
4
"To properly reflect the changes of the world and of the UN, with its growing number of member states, we would like to see an enlargement of the SC that gives room for new members, not least developing countries."
3
"One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other."
3
"Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country."
3
"If a Labour movement, on a bourgeois basis, has hitherto existed in the country where the new movement is awakening it will certainly not disappear all at once."
3
"I believe that the capital of the Republic of Albania is a suitable venue for discussing the dialogue among religions and civilizations, notably in the countries of South East Europe, because we are well familiar with this country's track record of religious tolerance."
3
bottom of page