Quotes About National

In spite of the interventions of the black press, the antilynching movement, and U.S. popular culture, memories of the San Jose lynching, and the robust protest movement that followed, have disappeared. But this erasure is no anomaly: The desire to keep lynching a secret is a national pastime, and the impetus to forget is overwhelming.

common defense, security of liberty, and general welfare.'"7

When trouble arise among faraway people, we remain tempted to hide behind the principle of national sovereignty, to "mind our own business" when it is convenient, and to think of democracy as a suit to be worn in fine weather but felt in the closet when clouds threaten.

What the country needs is a plainspoken commitment by responsible leaders from both parties to address national needs together, accompanied by a general plan of action for doing so.

For this he created a new intelligence force, answerable only to him: the Directorate of National Intelligence (DINA).

That perhaps all the stupidity, and the violence and the conformity are just the price of keeping a national energy alive… that day you took me round the Farmer's Market, just to show me how they've bred their fruit and vegetables to fit Madison Avenue notions of what they ought to look like… the heresy that size and looks are everything

In 2013, the Venezuelan government accused the opposition of hoarding toilet paper and causing a national shortage.

Soccer' is not an Americanism. It's short for 'Association Football' and was popularised by Charles Wreford-Brown, captain of the English national team 1894–5.

Newspapers reported on the disease with the same mixture of truth and half-truth, truth and distortion, truth and lies with which they reported everything else. And no national official ever publicly acknowledged the danger of influenza.

From that position he pushed for national medical insurance, which the medical profession then advocated, and in 1916 he became president of the American Medical Association. In his presidential address he declared, "There are unmistakable signs that health insurance will constitute the next great step in social legislation.

The university is the last remaining platform for national dissent.

I don't know if I'm a national education figure.

I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing

Kim Il Sung University is the central base for training national cadres and the highest institute of Juche-based science and education.

The Lourie Center...is a national pioneer in developing and applying early intervention techniques to diagnose and treat emotional and developmental problems in young children.

Our biggest national security threat is the environmental destruction of our planet and the arms race with ourselves.

There shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin.

Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences...our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.

Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.

Shkodran Mustafi is a great choice, he's a great defender with lots of experience. He played with the German national team so we know his quality.

The national policy of promoting abstinence-only programs is a $1.5 billion failure and teenage girls are paying the real price.

With gridlock the norm, Congress's approval rating is below 10 percent and the public has lost faith in its national leadership.

I'm on the board of a national group called Faith in America. It's designed to fight religious-based bigotry.

We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation.