Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations. Read Summary
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot. Read Summary
Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul. Read Summary
Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. Read Summary
Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto. Read Summary
I know it's very idealistic and utopian, but I believe we need to just let everyone not be judged in terms of religion, groups or nations or region. Read Summary
Contention does not usually begin as strife between countries. More often, it starts with an individual, for we can contend within ourselves over simple matters of right and wrong. From there, contention can infect neighbors and nations like a spreading sore. Read Summary
Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians. Read Summary
Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied. Read Summary
The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests. Read Summary
Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older. Read Summary
Nations have their ego, just like individuals. Read Summary
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Read Summary
The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history. Read Summary
The European Union cannot be compared to the United States. America is a nation, but Europe is not. Europe is a continent of many different nations with their own identities, traditions and languages. Robbing them of their national democracies does not create a European democracy - it destroys democracy in Europe. Read Summary
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Read Summary
Education is the cheap defense of nations. Read Summary
There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations. Read Summary
Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars. Read Summary
The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off. Read Summary