Nation Quotes

4403 Nation quotes by 2232 unique authors

Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation. — Jane Addams
A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation. — Ludwig van Beethoven
When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung. — Henry Ward Beecher
The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world. — Alexander Graham Bell
For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing… — Robert Benchley
We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a… — Robert Benchley
Every Latter-day Saint should love the inspired Constitution of the United States - a nation with a spiritual foundation and a prophetic history - which… — Ezra Taft Benson
Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by… — Annie Besant
Every person, every race, every nation, has its own particular keynote which it brings to the general chord of life and of humanity. — Annie Besant
Never yet was a nation born that did not begin in the spirit, pass to the heart and the mind, and then take an outer… — Annie Besant
Britons are good, though often brutal, colonists where they come into relations with entirely uncivilized tribes whose past is so remote as to be forgotten.… — Annie Besant
The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time… — Benazir Bhutto
What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence… — Ambrose Bierce
No one ever said that fighting the war against terrorism and defending our homeland would be easy. So let's support our troops, law enforcement workers,… — Judy Biggert
Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support… — Theodore Bikel
The important thing for the survival of the Thai society is that the majority of those who work, both in the government and the private… — Bhumibol Adulyadej
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
Since its first day as a nation, Israel has lived under a cloud of aggression from militant extremists and hostile neighboring governments. — John Boehner
England is a nation of shopkeepers. — Napoleon Bonaparte
When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and… — Unknown Author

Who Wrote These Nation Quotes

2,232 authors contributed a total of 4,403 Nation Quotes, led by these top contributors: