Pronunciation of the English word nations.
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1. | The big nations should not interfere with the smaller nations. | |
2. | Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. | |
3. | Books make eras and nations, just as eras and nations make books. | |
4. | It is too true, however disgraceful it may be to human nature, that nations in general will make war whenever they have a prospect of getting anything by it; nay, absolute monarchs will often make war when their nations are to get nothing by it, but for the purposes and objects merely personal, such as thirst for military glory, revenge for personal affronts, ambition, or private compacts to aggrandize or support their particular families or partisans. These and a variety of other motives, which affect only the mind of the sovereign, often lead him to engage in wars not sanctified by justice or the voice and interests of his people. | |
5. | From the ruins of the Second World War, our nations set out to remake the world -- to build a new international order and the institutions to uphold it. A United Nations to prevent another world war and advance a more just and lasting peace. International financial institutions like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to promote prosperity for all peoples. A Universal Declaration of Human Rights to advance the “inalienable rights of all members of the human family.” | |
6. | Abram fell flat on his face. And God said to him: I am, and my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations. | |
7. | And said to him: I am God almighty, increase thou and be multiplied. Nations and peoples of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins. | |
8. | The US has never attacked and annihilated a country as big as Iran. Americans can only obliterate tiny nations or weak and hungry nations like Iraq and Afghanistan. | |
9. | These three oaths, what are they? One, that Israel shall not return to the land en masse. Another, the Holy One, Blessed be He, adjured upon Israel that they shall not rebel against the nations of the world. And finally, the Holy One, Blessed be He, adjured upon the nations of the world that they shall not oppress Israel too much. | |
10. | It is time for many nations to understand that a neutral language can become a real stronghold for their cultures against the monopolizing influences of just one or two languages, as it is now becoming more and more evident. I sincerely wish for more rapid progress in Esperanto at the service of all the nations of the world. |