Nation Quotes

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Every nation ought to have a right to provide for its own happiness. — Alexander Hamilton
The duty of holding a Neutral conduct may be inferred, without any thing more, from the obligation which justice and humanity impose on every nation,… — George Washington
If justice, good faith, honor, gratitude and all the other qualities which enoble the character of a nation, and fulfill the ends of Government be… — James Madison
As the duties of superintending the national defense and of securing the public peace against foreign or domestic violence involve a provision for casualties and… — Alexander Hamilton
A time comes when silence is betrayal. That time has come for us in relation to Vietnam. A nation that continues year after year to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The reason why we find ourselves in a position of impotency is not because the enemy has sent men to invade our shores, but rather… — Joseph McCarthy
No words can describe the depths of my regret and pain at the anguish my mistakes over Watergate have caused the nation and the presidency… — Richard M. Nixon
What is a nation without a mother tongue? — Jack Edwards
We infer the spirit of the nation in great measure from the language, which is a sort of monument, to which each forcible individual in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their… — Benjamin Franklin
But as to women, who can penetrate the real sufferings of their she condition? Man's very sympathy with their estate has much of selfishness and… — Lord Byron
It is impossible to think of Howard Hughes without seeing the apparently bottomless gulf between what we say we want and what we do want,… — Joan Didion
Nothing matters more to the future of this Nation than insuring that our young men and women learn to believe in themselves and believe in… — Richard M. Nixon
Every problem that the country faces is being solved in some community by some group or some individual. The question is how to get connected… — George H. W. Bush
A nation will not be moved by timid methods. — Luis Palau
The honor of a nation is its life. Deliberately to abandon it is to commit an act of political suicide. — Alexander Hamilton
A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through their taxes, give to the… — Michael Parenti
Foreign policy always has more force and punch when the nation speaks with one voice. To remain secure, prosperous, and free, the United States must… — Lee H. Hamilton
America's leaders have to find a way to work together, rise to the challenge, and come up with solutions as bold and visionary as the… — Joe Biden
Relations between the United States and other countries, and our role as a global leader, are advanced by our willingness to help other countries in… — Patrick Leahy
The programs supported by the International Affairs Budget are as essential to our national security as defense programs. Development and diplomacy protect our nation by… — Tom Ridge
[T]he first transactions of a nation, like those of an individual upon his first entrance into life make the deepest impression, and are to form… — George Washington
'Tis done. We have become a nation. — Benjamin Rush
A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at… — Thomas Jefferson
The majority of men cannot be made disinterested for life by exhortation, by religious services, by any expenditure of subsidized works, or even by grave… — Herbert Croly

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