Small Nations Quotes (page 2)

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• fish
• great
• government

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it. Lao Tzu

• small
• great
• cooking

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it. Lao Tzu

• business
• small
• busy

This nation's 23 million small businesses need a budget that reflects their value to the economy. Solomon Ortiz

• small
• war
• world

As we have seen, the wireless and the airplane have made the world so small and nations so dependent on each other that the only alternative to war is the United States of the World. John Boyd Orr

• life
• job
• background

And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us - no matter what our age or background or walk of life - each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation. Michelle Obama

• earth
• perspective
• single

It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars. Arthur C. Clarke

• strong
• small
• equality

All countries, big or small, strong or weak, are equal members of the United Nations. Nong Duc Manh

• small
• words
• knowing more

It means that, in fact, it's - whether fascist is the right word I don't know - more of a plutocracy than anything resembling a democracy; it has become a nation controlled by a very small, very wealthy elite. Peter Singer

• world
• men
• small

The sacrifices ordinary American men and women from communities large and small have been willing to make, often before they were past their teenage years, have secured our nation unprecedented freedoms and made us the world's bulwark of liberty. Steve Buyer

• small
• places
• parting

America has always been a nation of small places, and as we lose them, we're losing part of ourselves. Richard Russo

• bar
• job
• inspirational

I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And when I saw how out-of-touch Washington had become with the core values of this great nation, I put my name forward and ran for office. John Boehner

• small
• religious
• exercise

What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small. Richard Mentor Johnson