Great men, great nations, have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have manned themselves to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Power tends to confuse itself with virtue, and a great nation is peculiarly susceptible to the idea that its power is a… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
A great nation betrayed the principles which have made it great, and thereby became hostage to hostage-takers. — Daniel Inouye Copy Share Image
Compassion is not a dirty word.. it's time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation of ours. — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
It is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it is the way in which we use it. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I have a dream... I have a dream today... And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The key decision for a statesman is whether to commit his nation or not. There is no middle course. Once a great… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The superior person tries to promote music as a means to the perfection of human culture. When such music prevails, and people's… — Confucius Copy Share Image
It is incumbent on a great nation to remain confident, if it wishes to remain free. We need not be ignorant to… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
We have been flooded with postal cards from all over the United States and several parallel universes. Just a quick glance though… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
A great nation is like a great man:When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.Having realized it, he admits it.Having admitted it,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
This is taking place inside Europe. This is taking place inside a once great nation. The nation that invented democracy. We are… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
It was leadership here at home that gave us strong American influence abroad, and the collapse of imperial Communism. Great nations have… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Every virile people has established colonial power. All great nations in the fullness of their strength have desired to set their mark… — Heinrich von Treitschke Copy Share Image
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I'm a Christian. I believe that greatness has to do with the quality of love shown to the least of thy brethren… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries you have these great nation states hurling their young men at one another. The victory was… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
A man must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the state. But no matter how… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We are in China in obedience to the command of our Lord; and the purpose of our Mission is to disciple and… — Griffith John Copy Share Image
When you think of how much violence, how much blood... how much has been destroyed to create the great nations, America, Australia,… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities to God are consigned to the dust bin of history. We grew from that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The fight against Germany has now been waged for months by every Jewish community, on every conference, in all labor unions and… — Ze'ev Jabotinsky Copy Share Image
I think the Muslim community is now being asked to bear an unfair burden to save a great faith from the fundamentalists… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
I am convinced that unless America changes course, we will become the France of the 21st Century - still a great nation,… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Let's light this fire one more time, Mike, and witness this great nation at its best. — Christopher Ferguson Copy Share Image
Great economies and great nations, prosperity, and abundance of nations and communities are created by men and not spirits. — Yemi Osinbajo Copy Share Image
Great nations don't have to remind others of their greatness. They merely have to be great. — Kathleen Parker Copy Share Image
Consequently, the tone, particularly that of the Viennese anti-Semitic press, seemed to me unworthy of the cultural tradition of a great nation. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
If we fail to solve this moral and spiritual crisis we may be doomed like the great nations of the past. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
As a society, we've learned that we're all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
A great Nation should have a fixed Government, so that the death of one man should not overturn it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves;… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, if we don't cut spending we will be bankrupt. Yes, the medicine is harsh, but the patient requires it in order… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I am proud of my country. But we need to unite to make a unified India, free of communalism and casteism. We… — Ratan Tata Copy Share Image
I'd like to be the next president of the United States to support and help this great nation and to make sure… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury, stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous… — George Washington Copy Share Image
