Great Nation Quotes
117 quotes by 91 authors
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I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts.…
— John Boehner
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America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that…
— Allen Boyd
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Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe.
— George H. W. Bush
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The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.
— George W. Bush
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There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent…
— Eldridge Cleaver
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We can afford to exercise the self-restraint of a really great nation which realizes its own strength and scorns to misuse it.
— Woodrow Wilson
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I am proud of my country. But we need to unite to make a unified India, free of communalism and casteism. We need to build…
— Ratan Tata
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Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, too much handling will spoil it.
— Laozi
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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
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America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called right to abortion…
— Mother Teresa
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I have something else to ask you-to ask every American. I ask for you to pray for this great nation. I ask your prayers for…
— George W. Bush
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Sometimes I find myself thinking, rather wistfully, about Lao Tzu's famous dictum: 'Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish.' All around…
— William Carlos Williams
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We're taking action against evil people. Because this great nation of many religions understands, our war is not against Islam, or against faith practiced by…
— George W. Bush
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Great Power, capable of everything and only temporarily handicapped by economic difficulties. We are not a great power and never will be again. We are…
— Henry Tizard
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Power tends to confuse itself with virtue, and a great nation is peculiarly susceptible to the idea that its power is a sign of God's…
— J. William Fulbright
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Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because…
— James A. Garfield
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It took thrift and savings, together with tremendous character and vision, to make our nation what it is today. And it will take thrift and…
— Unknown Author
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The Founding Fathers believed that faith in God was the key to our being a good people and America's becoming a great nation.
— Ronald Reagan
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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
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This year, as we celebrate the 230th anniversary of America's independence, please remember the symbols that are sacred to this country. Fly Old Glory high…
— Kenny Marchant
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