„I believe that all nations — strong and weak alike — must adhere to standards that govern the use of force.“

— Barack Obama

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„A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.“
— Jimmy Carter
„The government considers it the greatest of crimes against humanity to continue this war over the issue of how to divide among the strong and rich nations the weak nationalities they have conquered, and solemnly announces its determination immediately to sign terms of peace to stop this war on the terms indicated, which are equally just for all nationalities without exception.“
— Vladimir Lenin
„If the state is strong, it crushes us. If it is weak, we perish.“
— Paul Valéry
„The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.“
— Marlene Dietrich