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    No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a part of a continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were . . .

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The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

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Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on read more

Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.

by Margaret Thatcher Found in: Nations Quotes,
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Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

by Marcus Tullius Cicero Found in: Nations Quotes,
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If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell

by Thomas Merton Found in: Nations Quotes,
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In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is read more

In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference.

by Augusto Roa Bastos Found in: Nations Quotes,
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States that rise quickly, just as all the other things of nature that are born and grow rapidly, cannot have read more

States that rise quickly, just as all the other things of nature that are born and grow rapidly, cannot have roots and ramifications; the first bad weather kills them

by Niccolo Machiavelli Found in: Nations Quotes,
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We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy read more

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

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I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us read more

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

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No nation has friends only interests

No nation has friends only interests

by Charles De Gaulle Found in: Nations Quotes,
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