Strobe Talbott Quotes

Within the next hundred years...nationhood as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority... National sovereignty wasn't such a great idea after all.

Global cooperation - dealing with other countries, getting along with other countries - is good. It's very important. But there is no such thing as a global anthem, a global currency, or a global flag.

I consider myself to be a citizen of the world.

Thus may be envisioned a United States of the World. Ultimately, it will surely come.

I represent a party which does not yet exist: the party Revolution-Civilization. This party will make the twentieth century. There will issue from it first the United States of Europe, then the United States of the World.

More and more, the choice for the world's people is between becoming world warriors or world citizens.

The only real nation is humanity

People stand themselves next to the righteous They believe the things they say are true They speak in terms of what divides us To justify the violence they do But it is one, it is one One world spinning 'round the sun Wherever it is you call home Whatever country you come from It is one

Nationalism will keep its venom until we succeed in creating an image of the nations of the whole world as so many provinces.

The Age of Nations is past. The task before us now, if we would not perish, is to build the Earth.

On the contrary, I'm a universal patriot, if you could understand me rightly: my country is the world.

I have long believed that the only way peace can be achieved is through world government.

It is always a joy to meet an American, Mr. Moulton, for I am one of those who believes that the folly of a monarch and the blundering of a minister in far-gone years will not prevent our children from being some day citizens of the same world-wide country under a flag which shall be a quartering of the Union Jack with the Stars and Stripes.

The establishment of the world community will surely exact a price – and who can tell what that price may be? – in toil, suffering and blood.

I am not born from a single place. My country is the whole world.

The goal of the World Federalists is peace through unity of government. We must support their vision of oneness in diversity, for it is the salvation of mankind.

Our country is the world, our countrymen are all mankind. We love the land of our nativity, only as we love all other lands. The interests, rights, and liberties of American citizens are no more dear to us than are those of the whole human race. Hence we can allow no appeal to patriotism, to revenge any national insult or injury.

The EU Constitution is something new in human history. Though it is not as eloquent as the French and U.S. constitutions, it is the first governing document of its kind to expand the human franchise to the level of global consciousness. The language throughout the draft constitution speaks of universalism, making it clear that its focus is not a people, or a territory, or a nation, but rather the human race and the planet we inhabit.

One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart

In dealing with those nations that break rules and laws, I believe that we must develop alternatives to violence that are tough enough to actually change behavior -- for if we want a lasting peace, then the words of the international community must mean something. Those regimes that break the rules must be held accountable. Sanctions must exact a real price. Intransigence must be met with increased pressure -- and such pressure exists only when the world stands together as one.

Damnit! Nationalism should stop at the stratosphere!

This is my country, that is your country; these are the conceptions of narrow souls - to the liberal minded the whole world is a family.

I'd declare all the world's resources as a common heritage of all the world's people and get them to join and become one nation who takes care of the environment, the earth, the atmosphere. I'd abolish all separate nations because they are all corrupt.

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? There is a brotherhood among all men. This must be recognized if life is to remain. We must learn the love of man.

An awareness of the need for some kind of global government is gaining ground, one in which all members of the world community would take part.