“We cannot simultaneously pursue democracy, national determination and economic globalisation.”
Edward Luce (1968) journalist
The Retreat of Western Liberalism
Quote, The man who revolutionised white
“We cannot simultaneously pursue democracy, national determination and economic globalisation.”
Edward Luce (1968) journalist
The Retreat of Western Liberalism
“The Pyrenees have ceased to exist.”
Louis XIV of France (1638–1715) King of France and Navarra, from 1643 to 1715
Il n'y a plus de Pyrénées.
On his grandson becoming King of Spain, quoted in Voltaire, Le Siècle de Louis XIV (1751), ch.28
“The arts have always transcended national boundaries as the haiku demonstrates.”
William J. Higginson (1938–2008) American writer
“When I have ceased to exist, I won’t ever have existed.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Voces (1943)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) 10th Prime Minister of India
Vajpayee during his 1999 Independence Day speech. Quoted from Vajpayee No More: Here Are His Five Most Powerful Quotes https://swarajyamag.com/insta/vajpayee-no-more-here-are-his-five-most-powerful-quotes Swaraja, Aug 16 2018
James Madison (1751–1836) 4th president of the United States (1809 to 1817)
Madison's notes (30 May 1787) http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_530.asp <br class="br">1780s, The Debates in the Federal Convention (1787) <br class="br">Context: Mr. MADISON observed that whatever reason might have existed for the equality of suffrage when the Union was a federal one among sovereign States, it must cease when a national Govermt. should be put into the place. In the former case, the acts of Congs. depended so much for their efficacy on the cooperation of the States, that these had a weight both within & without Congress, nearly in proportion to their extent and importance. In the latter case, as the acts of the Genl. Govt. would take effect without the intervention of the State legislatures, a vote from a small State wd. have the same efficacy & importance as a vote from a large one, and there was the same reason for different numbers of representatives from different States, as from Counties of different extents within particular States.
“Cannon, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.”
Ambrose Bierce book The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
“No man has the right to fix the boundary to the march of a nation.”
Charles Stewart Parnell (1846–1891) Irish politician
Cork address (1885)