Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee

I dream of an India that is prosperous, strong and caring. An India, that regains a place of honour in the comity of great nations.

Benjamin Wittes
Benjamin Wittes

It is possible for great nations to rot from within.

Chuck Hagel
Chuck Hagel

Nations, great nations have limitations. All nations have limitations. Even great powers have limitations.

Damian Woetzel
Damian Woetzel

We say arts education is good for general education, but that's not the point. The arts are what great nations are remembered for. They are a mirror.

Dick Cavett
Dick Cavett

History is not reassuring on the subject of the longevity of seemingly lasting great nations, is it?

Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton

Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle.

Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev

Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth.

Mikheil Saakashvili
Mikheil Saakashvili

Keeping small nations enslaved because of the deals between the great nations or because of any pragmatic considerations that might have been there are totally unacceptable.

Yemi Osinbajo
Yemi Osinbajo

Great economies and great nations, prosperity, and abundance of nations and communities are created by men and not spirits.

Escape from New York
Escape from New York

[last lines]
President: Good evening. Although I shall not be present at this historic summit meeting, I present this in the hope that our great nations may learn to live in peace...
[He plays a cassette, believing it to be the correct one about nuclear fusion. His smile drops when it instead plays "Bandstand Boogie"]