Historical Ties Quotes

I feel that the Jews have always had a special connection to this part of the world, which in geographical terms was called Palestine for so many centuries.

You found an uncle on one side and a nephew on the other, a cousin here and a cousin there. Besides it's still true today. I'll tell you something else. There was a time when even two ambassadors to Switzerland, the one from India and the one from Pakistan, were two blood brothers. Oh, the Partition imposed on us by the British was so unnatural!

I am neither a Serb nor a Bulgarian, I am a South Slav.

First of all, when you live in a country like Canada, it's quite different from America in the sense that it's very tied to traditions that were born in Britain.

What supposedly bound that Commonwealth together was a mysterious shared identity - Britishness.

India has always stood with Africa on the freedom struggle against colonial powers.

If I can go three grandmothers back and find a slave, that means someone else can go three grandmothers back and find a slave owner. When you interrogate your histories, it forces you to rethink who you are and where you are.

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.

Where are the links of the chain ... joining us to the past?

As an Indian, you feel easily connected with certain histories in places like Indonesia, where one sees, because of the presence of the Hindu-Buddhist past, Hindus still living there or Muslims performing rituals that are instantly familiar.

The North and South were one people sharing one language and one culture for about 5,000 years. Ultimately, we should reunite.

The India-China intercourse began from the era of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Both interacted with each other peacefully and conducted scholarly and ideological exchanges. Both loved and admired each other; never had there been a slight clash.

Italy has no colonial past in Iran.

My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the time of Washington baked bread for George Washington's troops when they crossed the Delaware, and my own father was a slave.

Though many people said there is no joint border between Turkey and Montenegro, it feels like we are next to each other. We are in the same neighborhood.

Our countries have been friends dating to the very existence of the United States. France is the only power that has never been at war with the United States.

My family immigrated when I was 3, and our predecessors inhabited the Korean Peninsula for as long as can be recalled.

The connection between the Soviet Union and Czech people - or Czech politicians - was very big. It was like a model country for us. But it wasn't the best model, so a lot of Czechs don't like to speak about Russia or the Soviet Union.

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.

India is a very, very old country with a history, culture and tradition like Italy. And we can use the English language to be in touch. Then India's industrial situation is similar to us. Both have big companies but are dominated by small and medium-sized companies. It is extremely important for both to do joint ventures.

A long time ago, when Korea was having a hard time, the Philippines came to Korea and helped the Korean people. We're very thankful, as a country.

Baseball is a great example of the cultural ties between the United States and Cuba and a powerful reminder of the shared experience between people that transcends our difficult history.

England has an interesting relationship with the Indian subcontinent because the years of colonization and the history between the two places.

The British have never felt America to be a foreign land.