The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. —David Friedman More about this quote Tags: war force children nations Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “nations” Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right. —Arthur Schopenhauer More about this quote Tags: nations patriotism ridicule Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Probably no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. —Abraham Flexner More about this quote Tags: war choice nations wealth civilization Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependence and back into bondage. —Fraser Tyler More about this quote Tags: history apathy progress nations world faith liberty courage wealth slavery abundance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Tags: politics wisdom nations money capital Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes. —Stanley Kubrick More about this quote Tags: politics nations international relations Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right. —Arthur Schopenhauer More about this quote Tags: nations patriotism ridicule Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Probably no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. —Abraham Flexner More about this quote Tags: war choice nations wealth civilization Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependence and back into bondage. —Fraser Tyler More about this quote Tags: history apathy progress nations world faith liberty courage wealth slavery abundance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Tags: politics wisdom nations money capital Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes. —Stanley Kubrick More about this quote Tags: politics nations international relations Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email