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Quotes About Nation

There is - and always will be - the legacy of chattel slavery in this nation, an obsession with racial and gender differences, but I think that, at its best, this nation is capable of creating standards for itself and reaching towards those standards.
~ Kehinde Wiley
The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achievement of the American nation points towards an adequate and fruitful definition of the democratic ideal.
~ Herbert Croly
Is there any nation on earth that has more natural attractions, from the scenic coastal towns of Maine to the volcanic islands of Hawaii and the natural beauty of our majestic national parks?
~ Stephen Moore
While tributes to Americans who had lost their lives in battle had been held in a number of towns across the nation, one of the more well-known stories about the beginnings of Memorial Day is the story about General John Logan.
~ John Linder
The bottom line is a record of ideas. The bottom line is a plan for how to get this country back on track. It's not about attendance - it's about goals and opportunity to move this nation forward.
~ Cory Gardner
Trade plays an important role in empowering our nation, growing its economy, creating domestic jobs, and enhancing American competitiveness in the global chain of commerce.
~ Charles Boustany
We are determined that our nation shall cease to be a burden on other countries but shall contribute positively to world prosperity, while observing fully the fair trade practices in international commerce.
~ Shigeru Yoshida
There is no better form of trade a developing nation can engage in than to sell services provided by an educated population.
~ Brian Behlendorf
Citadel's Capital Market division plays an important role in our nation's financial markets. Our broker-dealer is the largest market maker in options in the United States, executing approximately 30 percent of all equity option trades daily.
~ Kenneth C. Griffin
Many Britons who backed Brexit believed - and believe still - that a U.K. 'freed' from 'Europe' would be able to recover and re-establish its historic destiny as an independent global trading nation.
~ Linda Colley
I think because we're such a trading nation, I think Canadians understand that first and foremost we're part of the global economy.
~ Stephen Harper
As we exit the E.U. and reassert ourselves as a great global trading nation, we have a unique opportunity to redefine our relationship with Africa.
~ Priti Patel
It is very important that people see there is a bright future, and we can re-engage that entrepreneurial spirit of the trading nation for which the U.K. has always been known - that dynamic, creative spirit.
~ Theresa May
I believed in Obama for social issues. I believe he brought our nation together and healed our racial divide. Martin Luther King's dream came true when he was elected. That's huge.
~ Melissa Etheridge
People need to understand, we can come together as a nation. We can create a culture of life. More and more young people today are embracing life because we know we are - we're better for it.
~ Mike Pence
I'd like to be the next president of the United States to support and help this great nation and to make sure that we all together remain America as the hope of the earth.
~ Mitt Romney
We might have been a free and great people together.
~ Thomas Jefferson
Let us together serve the Nation. If each citizen takes one step forward, the country takes 125 crore steps forward.
~ Narendra Modi
The vision of a nation formed from many different peoples bound together by a common love of freedom was staked out long before our lifetimes or even our parents' or grandparents' lifetimes.
~ Trent Lott
What makes a nation in the beginning is a good piece of geography.
~ Robert Frost
I got hooked up with the NBA Nation and the next thing I knew I was judging the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown. They needed somebody who can travel on the weekends and go up to eight different cities.
~ Darryl Dawkins
Our nation is like a tree of which the original trunk is swarajya and the branches are swadeshi and boycott.
~ Bal Gangadhar Tilak
A nation, like a tree, does not thrive well till it is engraffed with a foreign stock.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
We ought to change the legend on our money from "In God We Trust" to "In Money We Trust." Because, as a nation, we've got far more faith in money these days than we do in God.
~ Art Hoppe