Nations Quotes · Page 73

My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many years. His integrity is…

— Kojo Annan

I judge the people and the nations by their ideals; the higher the ideals, the better the person, the greater the nation.

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

What the Nation must realize is that the home, when both parents work, is non-existent. Once we have honestly faced that fact,…

— Agnes Meyer Driscoll

...Sound foreign policy is more than arms control, foreign aid and paying (United Nations) dues.

— John McCain

The trouble with you and me my friend, is the trouble with this nation, too many blessings, too little Appreciation.

— Don Henley

A Mr. (save, perhaps, some half dozen in the nation,) always needs a note of explanation.

— Jane Austen

With Germany herself falling, it is not strange that the nations leagued with her also went down to defeat.

— Kelly Miller

What's impressed me about 'Star Trek' fans is how many generations they span and how many nations they represent. They are all…

— John Cho

It cannot bring back and make whole those who suffered and died by a racist's criminal hand. But it can at least…

— Christopher Dodd

It's a supporting role, and I relish the opportunity to take those relationships I've developed, the experiences I've developed, to carry the…

— Mike Pence

We eat as sons and daughters, as families, as communities, as generations, as nations, and increasingly as a globe. We can't stop…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist called Johnny A, who…

— Steve Vai

Same sex marriage is a disgrace to the nation and to God. When I was growing up, ‘ungqingili’ [homosexuals in isiZulu] could…

— Jacob Zuma

I saw a threat in Saddam Hussein. Members of the United States Congress from both political parties saw that same threat. The…

— George W. Bush

Father eternal, ruler of creation, Spirit of life, which moved ere form was made Through the thick darkness covering every nation Light…

— Laurence Housman

I’ve spent too many years explaining who and what I am repeatedly, so as of this moment I officially secede from both…

— Drew Hayden Taylor

Happy, thrice happy shall they be pronounced hereafter, who have contributed any thing, who have performed the meanest office in erecting this…

— George Washington

The first task of the Federal Reserve system would be to finance the World War. The European nations were already bankrupt, because…

— Eustace Mullins

The Democrats say that the United States has had its days in the sun, that our nation has passed its zenith. They…

— Ronald Reagan

With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer to supporting…

— Bill Gates

Our duties naturally emerge form such fundamental relations as our families, neighborhoods, workplaces, our state or nation. Make it your regular habit…

— Epictetus

In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied;…

— James Madison

Look at the global warming issue. Why are the left so angry? They appear to be getting everything they want. The Pope's…

— Rush Limbaugh

…the globalization that characterizes today's economics goes beyond or eludes the sovereignty of individual states, and thus the power of their rulers.…

— Patricio Aylwin

Some one invented the telephone, And interrupted a nation's slumbers, Ringing wrong but similar numbers.

— Ogden Nash

No economic measure has more value for a nation than investing in a clean & sustainable low carbon future

— Phil Harding

God has blessed me with the mission to place nonviolence before the nation for adoption.

— Mahatma Gandhi

It is a real tragedy for a nation when three groups of it's people, namely politicians, religious leaders and charity workes, just…

— Khem Veasna

Taking all vegetable-eating nations together . . . they are a larger and much better formed race than the flesh eaters.

— Sylvester Graham

I don't just whisper it, I say it and I say it: 'The United Nations is an anti-Semitic organization, an anti-Israel organization.'

— Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

I think the degree of a nation's civilisation may be measured by the degree of enlightenment of its women.

— Helen Keller

We're all going to have to learn to live together and develop a greater tolerance and get rid off whatever our fathers…

— Joe Strummer

Whether to the nation or to the state, no service can be or ever will be rendered by a more able or…

— John Quincy Adams

The greatness of nations is shown by their strict regard for human rights, rigid enforcement of the law without bias, and just…

— Mary Burnett Talbert

I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled…

— Booker T. Washington

It is not often that nations learn from the past,even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.

— Henry A. Kissinger

The Chinese people will be busy with their own affairs for generations to come and there is no need at all for…

— Zheng Bijian

They'll be no learning period with nuclear weapons. Make one mistake and you're going to destroy nations.

— Robert McNamara

Want and effective demand are not the same thing. If they were, the poorest nations would be the ones to display the…

— Joseph A. Schumpeter

If Britain were honest, which I dispute, she would then embrace all nations on terms of equality.

— Mahatma Gandhi