--- title: "12 Nation Character Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Nation Character quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Nation Character sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/confucius-164_character_a-nation-s-character-is-typified-by-its_1697244.jpg" --- > [A Nation's character is typified by its dancers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/a-nation-s-character-is-typified-by-its-dancers/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/confucius-164_character_a-nation-s-character-is-typified-by-its_1697244.jpg) > [A nation has character only when it is free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/a-nation-has-character-only-when-it-is-free/) [Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/bill-vaughan-706_character_a-nation-has-character-only-when-it-is-f_896672.png) > [The struggle for your own character is the struggle for the nation's character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/the-struggle-for-your-own-character-is-the-struggle-for-the-nation-s/) [William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16b/william-j-clinton-302_character_the-struggle-for-your-own-character-is-t_2014901.jpg) > [The ultimate test of a nation's character is not how it responds to adversity in war but how it meets the challenge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/the-ultimate-test-of-a-nation-s-character-is-not-how-it-responds-to/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/richard-m-nixon-727_adversity_the-ultimate-test-of-a-nation-s-characte_63431.jpg) > [The past could liberate or imprison - it creates a nation's character, provides the nourishment or the poison a people imbibe in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-sionil-jos/the-past-could-liberate-or-imprison-it-creates-a-nation-s-character/) [F. Sionil Jose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-sionil-jos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/f-sionil-jos-2399_character_the-past-could-liberate-or-imprison-it-c_2905844.png) > [Never forget that a man is made great and perfect as much by his faults as by his virtues. So we must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/never-forget-that-a-man-is-made-great-and-perfect-as-much-by-his/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/swami-vivekananda-53_character_never-forget-that-a-man-is-made-great-an_1450323.jpg) > [A nation's character is the sum of its splendid deeds; they constitute one common patrimony, the nation's inheritance. They awe foreign powers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay/a-nation-s-character-is-the-sum-of-its-splendid-deeds-they-constitute/) [Henry Clay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/795/henry-clay-13771_awe_a-nation-s-character-is-the-sum-of-its-s_563803.jpg) > [A nation of character is filled with citizens who gradually build lives based on the living awareness that their deeds are judged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/a-nation-of-character-is-filled-with-citizens-who-gradually-build/) [Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/271/alan-keyes-7078_awareness_a-nation-of-character-is-filled-with-cit_10697.jpg) > [Our remnants of wilderness will yield bigger values to the nation's character and health than they will to its pocketbook, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldo-leopold/our-remnants-of-wilderness-will-yield-bigger-values-to-the-nation-s/) [Aldo Leopold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldo-leopold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/aldo-leopold-1278_bigger_our-remnants-of-wilderness-will-yield-bi_935466.jpg) > [Culture is not just an ornament; it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same time it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/culture-is-not-just-an-ornament-it-is-the-expression-of-a-nation-s/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87d/w-somerset-maugham-237_accountability_culture-is-not-just-an-ornament-it-is-th_2509574.jpg) > [“What constitutes the character of a nation is the character of many individual human beings; every national character is in essence, simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vasily-grossman/what-constitutes-the-character-of-a-nation-is-the-character-of-many/) [Vasily Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vasily-grossman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b4/vasily-grossman-4608_human-nature_what-constitutes-the-character-of-a-nati_1107129.jpg) > [Of all ennobling sentiments, patriotism may be the most easily manipulated. On the one hand, it gives powerful expression to what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/of-all-ennobling-sentiments-patriotism-may-be-the-most-easily/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/nancy-gibbs-2206_belligerence_of-all-ennobling-sentiments-patriotism-m_1704294.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nation-character/#itemlist", "name": "Nation Character Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A Nation's character is typified by its dancers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Confucius" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/a-nation-s-character-is-typified-by-its-dancers/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/confucius-164_character_a-nation-s-character-is-typified-by-its_1697244.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/confucius-164_character_a-nation-s-character-is-typified-by-its_1697244.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/confucius-164_character_a-nation-s-character-is-typified-by-its_1697244.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A Nation's character is typified by its dancers.” — Confucius", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A nation has character only when it is free.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Vaughan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/a-nation-has-character-only-when-it-is-free/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/bill-vaughan-706_character_a-nation-has-character-only-when-it-is-f_896672.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/bill-vaughan-706_character_a-nation-has-character-only-when-it-is-f_896672.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/bill-vaughan-706_character_a-nation-has-character-only-when-it-is-f_896672.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A nation has character only when it is free.” — Bill Vaughan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The struggle for your own character is the struggle for the nation's character.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William J. 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