Nation Quotes

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Our goal must be simple. We must have a Christian nation built on God's law, on the ten Commandments. No apologies. — Randall Terry
From this day forward, the millions of our school children will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural schoolhouse, the dedication… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
We in the United States, above all, must remember that lesson, for we were founded as a nation of openness to people of all beliefs.… — Ronald Reagan
Curtailment of free speech is rationalized on grounds that a more compelling American tradition forbids criticism of the government when the nation is at war...… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
In America we eat, collectively, with a glum urge for food to fill us. We are ignorant of flavour. We are as a nation taste-blind. — M.F.K. Fisher
Every nation has its prestigious military academies - or so few of them - that reach not only the virtues of peace but also the… — Elie Wiesel
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
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
I believe that life is valuable, even when it is unwanted, even when it is physically imperfect. I believe our society has a responsibility to… — George W. Bush
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
We will remember that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation and together, we… — Barack Obama
How can diverse Americans become "one people"? I believe that one path is for us to pursue the study of the past that includes all… — Ronald Takaki
The nation was founded and "dedicated," to use Lincoln's language in the "Gettysburg Address," to equality as a "self-evident truth." But this very principle of… — Ronald Takaki
The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man or one party or one nation. It must be a peace which rests… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even rely… — Otto von Bismarck
The history of human conduct does not warrant that exalted opinion of human virtue which would make it wise in a nation to commit interests… — Alexander Hamilton
Human life has dignity at every age the taking of innocent human life is always wrong. I believe our nation at every level of government… — Gary Bauer
Americans need not fear the federal government because they enjoy the advantage of being armed, which you possess over the people of almost every other… — James Madison
By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our… — John F. Kennedy
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.… — Mahatma Gandhi
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
I did not join the resistance movement to kill people, to kill the nation. Look at me now. Am I a savage person? My conscience… — Pol Pot
Our attachment to no nation on earth should supplant our attachment to liberty. — Thomas Jefferson
Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion to its numbers… — John Quincy Adams
America treasures the relationship we have with our many Muslim friends, and we respect the vibrant faith of Islam which inspires countless individuals to lead… — George W. Bush

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