Nations General Assembly

Famous quotes containing the words nations, general and/or assembly:

    “In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best.”
    —Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)

    “At that,
    his small size,
    keen eyes,
    serviceable beak
    and general truculence
    assure his survival—”
    —William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)

    “Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)