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
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
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
There are at the present time two great nations in the world allude to the Russians and the Americans All other nations… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The soldier takes pride in saluting his Captain, The devotee proffers a knee to his Lord, Some back a mare thrown from… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
The characteristic danger of great nations, like the Romans or the English which have a long history of continuous creation, is that… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
A great nation assailed by war has not only its frontiers to protect: it must also protect its good sense. It must… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
It is by no means necessary that a great nation should always stand at the heroic level. But no nation has the… — Theodore Roosevelt 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
Far be it from me to paint a rosy picture of the future...But I should be failing in my duty if, on… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
My patriotism is of the kind which is outraged by the notion that the United States never was a great nation until… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
Not until my fourteenth or fifteenth year did I begin to come across the word 'Jew,' with any frequency, partly in connection… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The great tradition of America is one where people can worship the way they want to worship. And if they choose not… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities are consigned to the dustbin of history. We grew from that small, weak republic… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I welcome this chance to further strengthen the unbreakable ties between the United States and Israel and to assure you of our… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Immigrants bring to America the values of faith in God, love of family, hard work and self reliance - the values that… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Great Power, capable of everything and only temporarily handicapped by economic difficulties. We are not a great power and never will be… — Henry Tizard Copy Share Image
We're taking action against evil people. Because this great nation of many religions understands, our war is not against Islam, or against… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
In America, about the only thing censored today is Christianity, the same Christianity that was the driving force behind the building of… — Rick Scarborough Copy Share Image
It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
By the end of World War II, we were the most powerful and least damaged of the great nations. We also had… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“There have been many great nations with great histories, but the more highly they were developed the more unhappy they were, for… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
It seems to me the Washington Monument is a symbol of America’s power. It has been the symbol of our great nation,… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
Small business in America is what fuels the American economy. We need more small business to assist us in creating a great… — Debbi Fields Copy Share Image
It took thrift and savings, together with tremendous character and vision, to make our nation what it is today. And it will… — John Wesley Snyder Copy Share Image
You know, this country today, it seems to me - it's about fear. And it shouldn't be about fear. It should be… — Tom Vilsack Copy Share Image
The United States is not a Christian nation. It is a great nation with Christians, among others, in it. But our greatness… — Lowell P. Weicker, Jr Copy Share Image
People would ask me how I could stand the long campaigning, how I could stand being charged with the responsibilities of a… — Jimmy Carter 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
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 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
I have something else to ask you-to ask every American. I ask for you to pray for this great nation. I ask… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Margaret Thatcher - a woman I greatly admire - once said that she was not content to manage the decline of a… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
The movements of a great nation are connected in all their parts. If errors have been committed they ought to be corrected;… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
A teenage taste of beer aside, Mitt Romney does not consume alcohol. Which begs the question, will total abstention put his candidacy,… — Martin Bashir Copy Share Image
The trouble with celebrating Independence Day is that we tend to look back at what made this the great nation that it… — Lyn Nofziger Copy Share Image
Every once in a while, a great nation has to deal with a great issue. Millions of people understand that it's not… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
The reduction of nuclear arsenals and the removal of the threat of worldwide nuclear destruction is a measure, in my judgment, ofthe… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
America became a great nation early on not because it was flooded with politicians, but because it was flooded with people who… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
