Quotes About Nation

Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political will, but political will is a renewable resource.

fifty states, taking

No country in the history of the world has ever contributed more to humankind and accomplished more for its people in so brief a period of time as Israel has done since its relatively recent rebirth in 1948.

wired Sofia to find out what to do about him. Though the country was ruled by Czar Boris and his army officers and the future was clear to those with the stomach to see it, foreign policy was ephemeral, and it was hard to know where to put your foot. Russia might be characterized as a wicked beast of a nation, but it was a very

Russia might be characterized as a wicked beast of a nation, but it was a very large beast, and sometimes it thrashed its tail.

The independence of a nation springs from the independent spirit of its citizens

Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.

Personal relationships, mood, chance, or anything like that can actually affect people's decisions, and when they're in a position of power, their capriciousness can affect the fate of a nation.

I have two little boys, and I want them to feel like this is the nation that I know. That this is the nation that isn't petty.

I come from a Latin nation that had an open policy with the U.S. My parents moved right to Florida, opened a pharmacy, and had me.

One of our pillars has to be national security - our nation's security both domestically and abroad.

Wall Street's outsized influence in our nation's capital is something I've talked about for a long time - long before I even thought about running for office. But where I see a problem - an infestation, really - a lot of others in Washington, both Democrats and Republicans, seem to see government working just fine.

Ch'in Shih-huang is the first emperor of China. He united seven separate kingdoms into a single nation. He built the Great Wall and was buried with the terra-cotta soldiers. The Chinese have mixed feelings about him. They're proud of the nation he created, but he was a maniacal tyrant.

President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It pricks the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today.

Fences work and the walls work and separations work. They afford to any nation the delay of entry.

New York City must divest the hundreds of millions of dollars we have invested in Walmart for far too long, dollars that are only fueling violence and undermining the greater public interest. Once our nation's largest city does so, I know other states and municipalities will follow suit.

Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.

Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.

I think what we really want to do is to create a real soccer nation. We want to have kids really wanting to play the sport.

A nation's ability to fight a modern war is as good as its technological ability.

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.

I do agree that when it comes to cyber warfare, we have more to lose than any other nation on earth.

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

I'm heartened by the growing awareness of global warming among important communities and organizations in our nation.