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title: "6 Country Greatness Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurgood-marshall/the-measure-of-a-country-s-greatness-is-its-ability-to-retain/)

[Thurgood Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurgood-marshall/)

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> [The measure of a country's greatness should be based on how well it cares for its most vulnerable populations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/the-measure-of-a-country-s-greatness-should-be-based-on-how-well-it/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-little-country-the-greatness-of-a-people/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurgood-marshall/the-measure-of-a-country-s-greatness-is-its-ability-to-retain-2/)

[Thurgood Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurgood-marshall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/536/thurgood-marshall-10063_ability_the-measure-of-a-country-s-greatness-is_2433973.png)

> [It has been said that a country’s greatness can be measured by what it does for its unfortunates. By that criterion Canada…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/it-has-been-said-that-a-country-s-greatness-can-be-measured-by-what/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

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> [I believe in our country's greatness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-malinowski/i-believe-in-our-country-s-greatness/)

[Tom Malinowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-malinowski/)

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