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Nation Quotes by Mark Twain
- The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is being attacked, and every man will be glad of these conscience-soothing…
- Do not fear the enemy, for your enemy can only take your life. It is far better that you fear the media, for they will…
- Remember this, take this to heart, live by it, die for it if necessary: that our patriotism is medieval, outworn, obsolete; that the modern patriotism,…
- And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars - all over Europe, all over the world. "Sometimes in the private interest…
- Out of the public schools comes the greatness of the nation.
- The nation is divided, half patriots and half traitors, and no man can tell which from which.
- The master minds of all nations, in all ages, have sprung in affluent multitude from the mass of the nations, and from the mass of…
- Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.
- Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human…
- Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation can be brought…
- Missionarying was a better thing in those days than it is in ours. All you had to do was to cure the head savage´s sick…
- All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course-- consist of pilferings from other people's wash. No tribe, howsoever…
- To be a patriot, one had to say, and keep on saying, "Our Country, right or wrong," and urge on the little war. Have you…
- The motto stated a lie. If this nation has ever trusted in God, that time has gone by; for nearly half a century almost its…
- We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped…
- I was an arden Hayes man, but that was natural, for I was pretty young at the time, I have since convinced myself that the…
- I was educated, I was trained, I was a Presbyterian and I knew how these things are done. I knew that in Biblical times if…
- The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities,…
- In America, we hurry-which is well; but when the day's work is done, we go on thinking of losses and gains, we plan for the…
- Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak. And it is a solemn and weighty responsibility, and not lightly…
- A nation is only an individual multiplied
- Let me make the superstitionsof a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.
More Nation Quotes
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- North Korea is not an insane nation. It is not a crazy nation. — Richard Armitage
- It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are… — Jane Austen
- Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history and the… — Joe Baca
- The Postal Service's unmatched ability to reach every household and business in America six days a week is a vital part of… — Joe Baca
- Catholic schools in our Nation's education have been paramount in teaching the values that we as parents seek to instill in our… — Joe Baca
- The School Energy Crisis Relief Act authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue energy assistance grants to help the poorest school districts… — Joe Baca
- My view of foreign policy is that we need to be careful and circumspect about United States intervention in any foreign nation. — Michele Bachmann
- I am convinced in my heart and in my mind that if the United States fails to stand with Israel, that is… — Michele Bachmann
- Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation. — Honore de Balzac
- The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. — Francis Bacon
- Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! — Honore de Balzac