Juan Enriquez Quotes

State Creation: A growth Industry.

India's coming into her own will mean every nation doing likewise.

Nations which don't find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.

The choice is not normally between the north and south. It might be between Britain and Europe.

Nations, like men, have their infancy.

In particular, the efforts to reestablish peace after the World War have been directed toward the formation of states and the regulation of their frontiers according to a consciously national program.

No nation is ever ready for independence. How many Western states, including the United States of America, were ready for independence.

Throughout history, countries have sought to expand ….Today, the goal of most wars is too make countries smaller rather than larger.

The fact that we are smaller and weaker does not mean that we have less sovereignty than you.

Our ancestors have always regarded independence as fundamental to the concept of a nation.

If the whole of the 20th century has taught us anything, it has taught us that borders must be respected.

The United States, of course, is determined to diversify Europe to such an extent that it becomes a meaningless entity.

American foreign policy must uphold the sanctity of international treaties. That is the cornerstone on which all relations between nations must rest.

Is the balance of power a fixed and unalterable standard? Or is it not a standard perpetually varying, as civilization advances, and as new nations spring up, and take their place among established political communities?

There is no power on earth that can undo Pakistan

Declaration of a state [Kurdistan] is the legitimate right of the Kurdish nation. This goal should be realized, but without resorting to violence.

Until 1847 Switzerland remained a pure Confederation of States, that is to say, she took five and a half centuries to make the step which the United States achieved at once.

Only the home can found a state.

I have respect for leaders who defend the interests of their countries. Angela Merkel policies are positive for Germany, but they are unfortunately harmful for all other countries.

I think it is a very natural tendency for the nations to increase their influence in the international space, as they pursue their international relations with different countries.

Some countries of Europe have to free themselves from the US Empire. They are not going to frighten us because we are a people with dignity and sovereignty.

Nations are not formed in a day, the formation requires years.

France... What can you say about a country that was too stupid to get on board with our wonderfully-conceived and brilliantly-executed war in Iraq?

Ronald Reagan was an actor. Not at all a factor, Just an employee of the country's real masters. Just like the Bushes, Clinton and Obama, Just another talkin' head tellin' lies on teleprompters. If you don't believe the theory, then argue with this logic: Why did Reagan and Obama both go after Gaddafi? We invaded sovereign soil, goin' after oil Takin' countries as a hobby paid for by the oil lobby, Same as Iraq and Afghanistan. And Ahmadinejad sayin' they comin' for Iran.

In Asia, the nation state still is extremely vital, and of course, then in Africa, a whole new pattern is emerging because the states in Africa reflected the preferences of the colonial powers when they were established.