Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.

Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.

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.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory

A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory

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.

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

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.

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.