Experience serves to prove that the worth and strength of a state depend far less upon the form of its institutions than… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
We must rid this nation of the United Nations, which provides the communist conspiracy with a headquarters here on our own shores,… — John T. Flynn Copy Share Image
One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The civilization of the West, which was brilliant by virtue of its scientific perfection for a long time, and which subjugated the… — Hassan al-Banna Copy Share Image
The choreographed standing and clapping of one side of the room - while the other side sits - is unbecoming of a… — Mark Udall Copy Share Image
In addition, the United States Delegation will suggest a series of steps to improve the United Nations machinery for the peaceful settlement… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Let us candidly admit that there are shameful blemishes on the American past, of which the worst by far is rum. Nevertheless,… — Bernard DeVoto Copy Share Image
Here at home, we will strengthen our defenses but not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is amusing to discover, in the twentieth century, that the quarrels between two lovers, two mathematicians, two nations, two economic systems,… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
There's a terrible sense of dread filtering across America at the moment and it's not simply because of the continuing fear of… — Bob Herbert Copy Share Image
In 1989, thirteen nations comprising 1,695,000 people experienced nonviolent revolutions that succeeded beyond anyone's wildest expectations . . . If we add… — Walter Wink Copy Share Image
Israel is the very embodiment of Jewish continuity: It is the only nation on earth that inhabits the same land, bears the… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
By 1938, Eleanor Roosevelt was so angry at FDR's policies, she writes a book called This Troubled World. And it is actually… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land boundary that… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
My favorite single line from the Qur’an is from Surah 49:13, which says that God made us different nations and tribes that… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life. Every nation… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It may be that at some time in the dim future of the race the need for war will vanish: but that… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century... unwilling to witness or permit the slow… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Justice is that system of adjusting conflicting interests which makes the group strong and progressive rather than weak and retrogressive whereas injustice… — Thomas Nixon Carver Copy Share Image
President Obama has decided to have the United Nations review the law of Arizona. You have got to be kidding! We're now… — Russell Pearce Copy Share Image
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be ... The People cannot… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The U.S. immigration system is the most generous in the world, providing each year more green cards for legal permanent residence with… — Jan C. Ting Copy Share Image
Love isn't blind. Love is reasonable. God is pure love, but He is also pure reason. If you separate reason from faith… — Francis George Copy Share Image
In Asia, the nation state still is extremely vital, and of course, then in Africa, a whole new pattern is emerging because… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation. They will be the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We direct the destinies of a mighty continent. Our resources are unlimited: our means unbounded. If we be true to ourselves, the… — John Tyler Copy Share Image
I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth, a nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that… — Bernard Moitessier Copy Share Image
Wherever in any society there are too many laws, it is a sure sign that that society will soon die. If you… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I cannot in good conscience vote in favor of tax cuts, irrespective of their size, or to which segment of the population… — John McCain Copy Share Image
There is no scientific antidote, only education. You've got to change the way people think. I am not interested in disarmament talks… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There are many nations that have perfected a particular room. You know, you have the French drawing-room, the Austrian ball room, the… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
In the 38th chapter of Ezekiel, it says that the land of Israel will come under attack by the armies of the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I ever will profess myself the greatest friend to those whose actions best correspond with their doctrine; which, I am sorry to… — J. G. Stedman Copy Share Image
I am concerned that many young people in the Hemisphere seem to envision the United States as a nation intoxicated by power,… — Luis A. Ferre Copy Share Image
The only time in the history of the world that we have had any extended periods of peace is when there has… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
The wisdom and spirit of Churchill not only saved Britain from the Third Reich but saved Western civilization from a Nazi Dark… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Parliament is a deliberate assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole; where, not local purpose, not local prejudices… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Do liberals think nations such as Canada, Japan, Britain and Australia are pursuing 'racist' immigration policies? All have had merit-based immigration systems… — Mercedes Schlapp Copy Share Image
Every nation, every race, has not only its own creative, but its own critical turn of mind; and is even more oblivious… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
J, n. A consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel . . . from a Latin verb, "jacere",… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
