Nation Quotes

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I am pleased to report that Texas is known for having one of the strongest set of open government laws in our Nation. And ever… — John Cornyn
But I say to you, my friends, there are certain things in our nation and in the world which I am proud to be maladjusted… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
More than 10,000 sightings have been reported, the majority of which cannot be accounted for by any 'scientific' explanation. . .I am convinced that these… — Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding
In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well… — Abraham Lincoln
I thought a lot about our Nation and what I should do as President. And Sunday night before last, I made a speech about two… — Jimmy Carter
Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. — Walter Bagehot
Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation. — George Bernard Shaw
We may live without her, and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her. How cold is all history, how lifeless all imagery, compared… — John Ruskin
They said we were soft, that we would not fight, that we could not win. We are not a warlike nation. We do not go… — Harry S. Truman
Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the President and the Congress to govern this Nation.… — Jimmy Carter
I was very glad that Mr. Attlee described my speeches in the war as expressing the will not only of Parliament but of the whole… — Winston Churchill
Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling ones pulse and taking ones temperature.… — Winston Churchill
You can go to Japan, China, all the European, African, Arab, and South American countries, and man, they know me. I can't name a nation… — Muhammad Ali
We cannot expect that everyone, to use the phrase of a decade ago, will talk sense to the American people. But we can hope that… — John F. Kennedy
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,… — Mark Twain
A nation is bound not only by the real past, but the stories it tells itself: by what it remembers, and what it forgets. — Colin Thubron
Posterity has never made the grave's embrace less cruel. It simply assuages our fear of death, because there is no better cure for out inevitable… — Yasmina Khadra
While I wholeheartedly support finding cost savings through efficiencies in all areas of the federal government, including defense, I will resist any actions that would… — Unknown Author
A real friend does not pick up the bill for an addict’s drugs: he packs the friend off to rehab instead. Today, only those who… — Gideon Levy
That’s not who we are as a nation, and let me tell you why: Because the Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy’s flipping burgers—she needed… — Eva Longoria
Fear is the enemy of logic. There is no more debilitating, crushing, self-defeating, sickening thing in the world--to an individual or to a nation. — Frank Sinatra
This has been far more than three men on a mission to the Moon; more still than the efforts of a government and industry team;… — Buzz Aldrin
In the gun game, we are the most hunted. The river of blood that washes the streets of our nation flows mostly from the bodies… — Harry Belafonte
It's a lot of anti-gay, racist humor—which people like in America—all couched in 'I'm telling it like it is.' He's in the right place at… — David Cross
I think the best analogy for where we are right now is that America is Elvis Presley -- the most beautiful, talented, rebellious nation in… — John Oliver

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