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World Quotes

Quotes on the world and our place in it.

These quotes look at the world from different angles - one traces a common phrase back to ancient religion, another describes feeling atomized after moving to a new city. A few recall novels depicting a world with tighter social fabric, where people actually knew each other. Related reading: Great Quotes.

I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.

Quotes by Pat Nixon

I will not claim I will solve all the world's problems by myself. If I did, I'd have to run as a Republican or a Democrat.

Quotes by Pat Paulsen

If you can write a catchy melody and a song that captures people around the world, what better thing to do? Other than 'Let Her Go,' I haven't managed to do that. And that's fine by me.

Quotes by Passenger

We live in a free world, so everyone can say whatever.

Quotes by Pastor Maldonado

Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.

Quotes by Pat Barker

I think the best president - because he changed the whole mood of the country, the whole economy of the country, and stood up to Communism... that was continuing its causes around the world, and backed them off and caused...

Quotes by Pat Boone

No one has deputized America to play Wyatt Earp to the world.

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

He rejects the New World Order established at the Cold War's end by the United States. Putin puts Russia first.

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

While the 20th century saw the world divided between a Communist East and a free and democratic West, new and different struggles define the 21st.

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

Preach or proselytize for Christianity in much of the Islamic world, and you are a candidate for martyrdom. Practice freedom of speech in Xi Jinping's China, and you can wind up in a cell.

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

Among the reasons Donald Trump is president is that he read the nation and the world better than his rivals.

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

While our bipartisan establishment worships diversity, Trump saw Middle America recoiling from the demographic change brought about by Third World invasions. And he promised to curb them.

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

Our own CIA has a storied history of interfering in elections. In the late '40s, we shoveled cash into France and Italy after World War II to defeat the Communists who had been part of the wartime resistance to the...

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

Undeniably, we were on God's side in World War II and the Cold War. But were we ourselves without sin in those just struggles?

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

The bipolar world of the Cold War is history. The new world order, however, is not the One World dreamed of by Wilsonian idealists. It is a Balkanizing world where race, tribe, culture and creed matter most, and democracy is...

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

For Americans of the Greatest Generation that fought World War II and of the Silent Generation that came of age in the 1950s, the great moral and ideological cause was the Cold War. It gave purpose and clarity to our...

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

If the Islamic world is so suffused with rage and hatred of us - for our wars, occupations, drone attacks, support of Israel, decadent culture, and tolerance of insults to Islam and the Prophet - why should we call for...

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

I opposed the World Trade Organization.

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

Stop exporting American jobs. Stop exporting American factories, and stop exporting American sovereignty and independence to global institutions like the World Trade Organization.

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

I believe that in this world it is impossible to understand God.

Quotes by Pat Buckley

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are gathered on the "World" page?
A thoughtful mix — from the surprising origin of the word "Amen" in Western prayer, to feeling that "our world was very atomized" after moving to a new city, to an obsession with novels like 'War and Peace' that portrayed a world with a strong social fabric.
Are these quotes optimistic or critical about the world?
Mostly reflective and a little critical — several point out something missing or changed, like a more connected past captured in old novels versus a more fragmented present. If you want something more upbeat about the world, Good quotes or Great quotes might suit better.
Is there a quote here about sports and the world?
Yes — one touches on being "world champions" in the context of how team-building has changed, showing how "world" can apply to competition and money as much as culture.
What connects these quotes to the idea of Life?
Many of them are really about how life feels within a larger world — connected or isolated, spiritual or fragmented. For a broader take on that same territory, see Life quotes.
What's the best way to use a "World" quote?
They work well when you want to make a bigger point — about connection, change, or how things used to be — rather than a quick personal caption. Pair one with a Best quote if you want to round out the message.

Sports also make an appearance, with a line about how money now decides world championships more than loyalty does. See also Best Quotes and Life Quotes.