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No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.
No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.
No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you read more
No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise
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.
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?
If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the read more
If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the senseless, savage practice of war.
A financier is a pawn-broker with imagination.
A financier is a pawn-broker with imagination.
The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the read more
The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground
Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation read more
Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to read more
I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.