# Quote — Ian McEwan, Solar

> Nations are never virtuous, though they might sometimes think they are.

- Author: [Ian McEwan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcewan.md)
- Book: [Solar](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcewan/solar.md)
- Page: 149
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ian_McEwan#Solar_(2010)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcewan/solar/nations-are-never