"We are defined not by our borders but by our bonds."
Read quote
11 likes
Borders quotes
Borders
450 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Borders
Browse quotes that often appear alongside borders — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Borders quotes (page 2 of 23)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"A nation without borders is no nation at all."
Read quote
11 likes
"I feel like if you're in Jersey, you have to be a Jersey Devils fan. Anybody born within the confines of the border of the state of New Jersey, I feel, should be a Jersey Devils fan."
Read quote
11 likes
"The Refugee Convention of 1951 was a major breakthrough, outlining the rights of those displaced across borders as well as the legal obligations of states to protect them."
Read quote
10 likes
"Languages are jealous sovereigns, and passports are rarely allowed for travellers to cross their strictly guarded borders."
Read quote
9 likes
"Globalism began as a vision of a world with free trade, shared prosperity, and open borders. These are good, even noble things to aim for."
Read quote
8 likes
"When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, 'Well, what do you need?'"
Read quote
8 likes
"We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations"
Read quote
7 likes
"There is a Canadian culture that is in some ways unique to Canada, but I don't think Canadian culture coincides neatly with borders."
Read quote
7 likes
"To do Mohammed justice, his main attack was against the idolatries of Asia. Only he thought, just as the Arians did and just as the Unitarians do, that he could attack them better with a greater approximation to plain theism. What distinguishes his heresy from anything like an Arian or Albigensian heresy is that, as it sprang up on the borders of Christendom, it could spread outwards to a barbaric world."
Read quote
7 likes
"Private travel into foreign countries can be requested without conditions [...]. Permission will be granted instantly. Permanent relocations can be done through all border checkpoints between the GDR into the FRG or Berlin (West)."
Read quote
7 likes
"Local color has a fatal tendency to remain local; but it is also true that the universal often borders on the void"
Read quote
7 likes
"No country on Earth would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders."
Read quote
6 likes
"And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it."
Read quote
6 likes
"The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states."
Read quote
6 likes
"God's love for others does not stop at the border; neither should ours."
Read quote
6 likes
"Absurd- that is the light mind that establishes its own borders."
Read quote
6 likes
"Finally, we need more Border Patrol agents. Although Congress has already tripled the number of Border Patrol agents since the late 1980s, more are still needed."
Read quote
6 likes
"Illegal immigration presents a huge problem. That is why I decided to spend a week along the southern border to see firsthand how bad the problem is and, more importantly, what Congress can do to fix it."
Read quote
6 likes
"This definition about against their will, that's a made up term. Did any of those little kids say I didn't want to come here? Did they say I was brought here against my will? Some of them were walking across the border on their own, lots of them, and we'll see them coming across every day at McCallum, Texas. They're still pouring across the border. They know what they're doing. It's not against their will."
Read quote
6 likes