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All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized… — Ezra Stiles
Just and true liberty, equal and impartial liberty, in matters spiritual and temporal is a thing that all men are clearly entitled to by the… — Samuel Adams
Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities to God are consigned to the dust bin of history. We grew from that small, weak republic… — Ronald Reagan
In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting… — George Washington
We may wonder at the choice of Israel and Rome as the archetypes of the new nation, in view of the long history of suffering… — Robert Neelly Bellah
These are no ordinary claims; and it seems hardly possible for a rational being to regard them with even a subdued interest; much less to… — Simon Greenleaf
The United States is only one superpower. Today they lead the world. Nobody has doubts about it. Militarily. They also lead economically but they're getting… — Lech Walesa
The attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation or an international… — Elihu Root
The United States must also continue to push the United Nations Security Council for strong action to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions. In the meantime, it… — Allyson Schwartz
J, n. A consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel . . . from a Latin verb, "jacere", "to throw," because… — Ambrose Bierce
Here rests the soul of our nation - here also should be our conscience. — Caspar Weinberger
If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to… — William Kristol
The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Here is not merely a nation but a teeming nation of nations. — Walt Whitman
Divine Providence has played a great part in our history. I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us to our present… — Harry S. Truman
To give [the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba] even covert support is on a par with the hypocrisy and cynicism for which the United… — J. William Fulbright
The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Amongst democratic nations men easily attain a certain equality of conditions: they can never attain the equality they desire. It perpetually retires from before them,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
But assuming the same premises, to wit, that all men are equal by the law of nature and of nations, the right of property in… — William H. Seward
For in Asia and around the world, India is not simply emerging; India has already emerged. And it is my firm belief that the relationship… — Barack Obama
The security of people and nations rests on four pillars - food, energy, water and climate. They are all closely related, and all under increasing… — Tom Burke
Peak oil: The over-populated UK's ability to feed and supply itself for our privileged lifestyle requires the land and resources of other nations. Against a… — Phil Harding
Thirty years ago, if you said the country was living beyond its means, people would have thought about economics. Now, if you talk about the… — David Miliband
I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberty. — George Washington
We have heard the rationales offered by the nuclear superpowers. We know who speaks for the nations. But who speaks for the human species? Who… — Carl Sagan

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