Quotes about border (510 quotes, page 6)

“Do you know what 'Arriba' means. It means: Swim faster, the border guards are behind us.”

Bobby Heenan (1944–2017) American professional wrestler, professional wrestling commentator and manager

Misc.

“Legal practice has become globalized. And I advocate lawyers without borders and like doctors without borders so that you can practice anywhere in the world.”

Folake Solanke (1932) Nigerian lawyer

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6lqx-jLCac Folake Solanke in an interview with Channels.

World

“Because these earthquakes strike in the strong, unfractured rock of plate interiors, their tremors travel faster than those of border quakes before petering out. ...The possibility of such a mid-plate quake thus carries a much higher risk than one on a plate boundary.”

Shawna Vogel science writer

Naked Earth: the New Geophysics (1995)

Strong , Travel

“An enemy that engages Israeli forces along our border and learns it unhindered will eventually find a way to circumvent it. Understanding that the line of engagement will eventually be breached has taught the”

Brig. Gen. Eran Ortal (1971)

Understanding , Learning , Way

“On the Syrian border, the situation is worsening day by day. In the next few weeks we expect new waves of refugees. If action is not taken quickly there is the risk of a humanitarian catastrophe.”

Simon Faddoul (1958) Maronite Catholic bishop

Source: President of Lebanese Caritas: On the Syrian border there is risk of a humanitarian catastrophe https://www.asianews.it/news-en/President-of-Lebanese-Caritas:-On-the-Syrian-border-there-is-risk-of-a-humanitarian-catastrophe-24184.html (2012)

“Inevitably in this century we will have open borders. We are seeing it in Europe already. The movement of peoples across the globe will mean that borders are almost going to become irrelevant by the end of this century so we should be preparing for that and explaining why people move.”

John McDonnell (1951) British politician (born 1951)

Source: Borderless world inevitable, says Labour's John McDonnell https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35455023 BBC News (31 January 2016)

People

“It’s scary to think about, but we may finally find unity as a species in self-destruction. The first minute of World War III will render nations, races, and religions meaningless concepts because the first thing to die in nuclear fire will be all our beloved imaginary borders.”

Guy P. Harrison (1963) American skeptic author

War , World , Religion , Thinking

“I urge [the] Congress to move promptly on the COVID funding bill. This virus knows no borders; we must continue to save lives here at home and around the world.”

Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)

2022, May 2022
Source: Statement by President Joe Biden on Funding for COVID-⁠19 and Ukraine https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/09/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-funding-for-covid-19-and-ukraine/

Home , World

“We have absolutely no intention of — or interest in — crossing Ukraine's borders.”

Sergey Lavrov (1950) Russian politician and Foreign Minister

"Russia Says It Doesn't Plan To Invade Ukraine" https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/03/29/296247981/russia-says-it-doesn-t-plan-to-invade-ukraine, NPR, 29 March 2014
About the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014

“If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out.”

Igor Girkin (1970) Russian citizen from Moscow who played a significant role in the War in Donbass

About warfare against Ukraine in Donbas from April 2014

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