Quotes About Nation

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination; if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic.

Imagination is the greatest nation in the world!

Independence cannot be real if a nation depends upon gifts.

This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.

Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.

July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion.

No matter how rich and prosperous, a nation without independence, cannot be subject to any behaviour before the humanity, at a higher level than serving.

I have given you independence, now go and preserve it.

Take the American declaration of Independence. It contains no mention of territorial limits. We are not obliged to fix the limits of the State.

I thank God that I have lived to see my country independent and free. She may long enjoy her independence and freedom if she will. It depends on her virtue.

Independence didn't have to be exile.

A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government.

The more developed a nation is, the more complete is the independence of the individual, and the safer the individual from encroachments by another.

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended

We intend to lead a government of purpose and direction so that we can offer the people of this nation the opportunity to move forward to independence, democracy and equality.

Show me a clever nation; then I will show you a clever government!

The woman suffrage movement in the United States was a movement of the spirit of the Revolution which was striving to hold the nation to the ideals which won independence.

We don't celebrate dependence day on the Fourth of July. We celebrate Independence Day.

Since 1857 we know what we are capable of, And Since 1947 we know what is at Stake.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.

The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.

Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist? - "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free."