Despotism subjects a nation to one tyrant; democracy, to many. Votes: 3
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of BlessingtonA small nation can fight a superpower with determination and dedication. Votes: 3
Velupillai PrabhakaranJustice is the bread of the nation; it is always hungry for it. Votes: 3
François-René de ChateaubriandThe future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth. Votes: 3
George WashingtonWorthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor. Votes: 3
Friedrich SchillerA nation has a fixed quantity of invention, and it will make itself felt. Votes: 3
Benjamin DisraeliA nation that has nothing but its amusements will not be amused for long. Votes: 3
Gilbert K. ChestertonBut, after all, we are a young nation, and vanity is a fault of youth. Votes: 3
Rebecca Harding DavisA nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century. Votes: 3
Baron de MontesquieuPeople have prejudices against a nation in which they have no acquaintances.
Philip Gilbert HamertonDie größte Partei ist immer eine Art Verschwörung gegen den Rest der Nation.
Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1. Earl ofThis great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper.
Franklin D. RooseveltReligion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive.
Mustafa Kemal AtaturkWe're a violent nation, and we need to confront it. This gun plague has to stop.
Marian Wright EdelmanThus, literature, together with language, preserves and protects a nation's soul.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynDivide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.
Alexander HamiltonNot with dreams, but with blood and with iron, Shall a nation be moulded at last.
Algernon Charles SwinburneThe degree of a nation's civilization can be seen in the way it treats its prisoners
Fyodor DostoevskyGod sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowMan arose to high moral vision two thousand years before the Hebrew nation was born.
James Henry BreastedYour behavior determines, to some extent, the destiny of your nation and your group.
John Henrik ClarkeEvery nation determines its own destiny; the clever the nation, the better the fate!
Mehmet Murat ildanThe art of music above all the other arts is the expression of the soul of a nation.
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsThe nation is built upon the foundation of its homes and the home upon its families.
Spencer W. KimballOur nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white-separate and unequal.
Otto Kerner, Jr.A nation, as an individual, has duties to fulfill appointed by God and His moral law.
Benjamin DisraeliWe're a nation of exhausted and over-stressed adults raising over-scheduled children.
Brené BrownLet's light this fire one more time, Mike, and witness this great nation at its best.
Christopher FergusonWe can never be a nation of snobs so long as we are willing to poke fun at ourselves.
Edgar Wilson NyeMost of the stone a nation hammers goes toward its tomb only. It buries itself alive.
Henry David ThoreauNothing will demoralize the nation so much as that we should learn to despise labour.
Mahatma GandhiA Darwinian nation of economic fitness abhors idleness, dependence, non-productivity.
Simone de BeauvoirThe United States is a Christian nation founded upon Christian principles and beliefs.
George W. BushFor our part, the U.S. must act quickly to ensure Most Favored Nation status to China.
Jennifer DunnThere is nothing so extreme that is not allowed by the custom of some nation or other.
Michel de MontaigneA nation, like a tree, does not thrive well till it is engraffed with a foreign stock.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWe do not have the God-given right to shape every nation in our image or as we choose.
Robert McNamaraThe only possible idea of India is that of a nation greater than the sum of its parts.
Shashi TharoorI have done more for black people than any other person in the nation, North or South,
Strom ThurmondAlike for the nation and the individual, the one indispensable requisite is character.
Theodore RooseveltEven in its third century, America is still the most meritocratic nation in the world.
Victor Davis HansonThe nation ought to have a tax system which looks like someone designed it on purpose.
William E. SimonYou can't know who you are, as a nation or a people, unless you know where you've been.
Eric Sevareid...we are an overfed and undernourished nation digging an early grave with our teeth...
Ezra Taft BensonI know of no existing nation that deserves to live, and I know of very few individuals.
H. L. MenckenIf you want to destroy a nation, give it too much - make it greedy, miserable and sick.
John SteinbeckThis is a nation tragedy, of course - that we've changed from a society to an audience.
Kurt VonnegutI got to fall in love. I got to win a war. I got to write words that inspired a nation.
Lin-Manuel MirandaYou can no longer save your family, tribe or nation. You can only save the whole world.
Margaret MeadI care not who controls a nation's political affairs, so long as I control her currency
Mayer Amschel RothschildHas our nation preserved, protected and defended the Constitution of the United States?
Michael FarrisA nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.
Robert E. LeeThe ordinary affairs of a nation offer little difficulty to a person of any experience.
Thomas JeffersonAcceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a nation.
William O. DouglasKeinesfalls dürfen die Autofahrer das Gefühl bekommen, die Milchkuh der Nation zu sein.
Wissmann, MatthiasIndividuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
Benjamin DisraeliDispersed as the Jews are, they still form one nation, foreign to the land they live in.
Daniel J. BoorstinCanada, more than any nation, will be affected by rising sea levels from global warming.
David SuzukiThe law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very expensive and dilatory.
Gilbert BurnetAnd don't confound the language of the nation With long-tailed words in osity and ation.
John Hookham FrereNo nation as young as America can be expected to become immediately a power in the arts.
John Philip SousaIn a society based on nonviolence, the smallest nation will feel as tall as the tallest.
Mahatma GandhiWe do need to confront evil in this world, but we do need to work with the other nation.
Martin O'MalleyHow can arguments based on fact prevail in a nation where so many people know so little?
Michelle GoldbergIn a democracy, dynasty politics is wrong. We need to free the state and nation from it.
Narendra ModiIn the United States we have more women in poverty than any other industrialized nation.
Patricia ArquetteThe history of any nation is not only a succession of events, but also a chain of ideas.
Pyotr ChaadayevIt is for women to come forward and choose the path of sacrifice for serving the nation.
Rahul GandhiAgriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
Samuel JohnsonWir sind eine Nation, wir sind ein Volk, und unsere Zeit für Veränderungen ist gekommen.
Obama, BarackThere can be no time, no state of things, in which Credit is not essential to a Nation...
Alexander HamiltonWe need to be on a war footing. We need to understand that our nation is in grave danger.
Benjamin CarsonThe chief business of the nation, as a nation, is the setting up of heroes, mainly bogus.
H. L. MenckenA Mr. (save, perhaps, some half dozen in the nation,) always needs a note of explanation.
Jane AustenA nation that turns away from prayer will ultimately find itself in desperate need of it.
Jonathan CahnGive me an educated mother, I shall promise you the birth of a civilized, educated nation
Napoleon BonaparteOur nation is rich and our people can be rich. 2014 elections is a fight against poverty.
Narendra ModiThe nation should move towards one target, one direction, one intention and one decision.
Narendra ModiAmerica is the greatest nation in the history of the world. There's nothing like America.
Rudy GiulianiTo exist as a nation, to prosper as a state, and to live as a people, we must have trees.
Theodore RooseveltNo one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together.
Barack ObamaAnd I'm telling you now the frustration The future's facing from the anger in the nation.
C.L. SmoothWhat keeps a nation strong is really the community. It is about people helping each other.
Cesar MillanOur nation's blood supply is safer than it's ever been, and it's getting safer as we speak
David SatcherI think in America we have some really serious issues we're going to confront as a nation.
Eddie GlaudeIt is to be hoped that the leaders of this movement will place the nation above the party.
Franz von PapenThe United States is the best and fairest and most decent nation on the face of the earth.
George H. W. Bushbut there's no nation uncorrupted. there's no system that's immune to the misuse of money.
Gregory David RobertsThere must be no worse punishment to a totalitarian nation than the withdrawal of capital.
Jerzy KosinskiWe must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests.
John F. KennedyUnited States:. A nation given either to unjustified over-enthusiasms or infantile furies.
John Ralston SaulA nation that is unfit to fight cannot, from experience, prove the virtue of not fighting.
Mahatma GandhiMoney's the solution, curing all the ails of the nation. But what about the hearts of man?
Ray DaviesMarriage is not for individual happiness, but for the welfare of the nation and the caste.
Swami VivekanandaWe are a nation of laws, not a nation that ignores laws if it benefits the Democrat Party.
Ted NugentIt is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it is the way in which we use it.
Theodore RooseveltNo nation has reason to regard itself superior to others by virtue of its innate endowment.
Claude Adrien HelvetiusWe have always been a nation different from the Chinese. Long ago we fought wars with them.
Dalai LamaI am the living attestation of the American dream. I am the extolment of this great nation.
Don KingFrom mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation upon whom it is bestowed.
Francis AtterburyAll free peoples are deeply impressed by the courage and steadfastness of the Greek nation.
Franklin D. RooseveltThe imperative need of this nation at all times is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women.
Herbert HooverThe minister of the Gospel is really the yardstick by which the nation measures it's morals
Jimmy SwaggartTo foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open a book that tells of her past.
Jose RizalNo nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people.
Julius NyerereEngland can end the millenium as it started - as the greatest football nation in the world.
Kevin KeeganThe nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom.
Lord ChesterfieldThere is nothing more important to this nation's future than investing in our young people.
Michelle ObamaOur children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation
Nelson MandelaEach one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.
Theodore RooseveltBlest is that nation whose silent course of happiness furnishes nothing for history to say.
Thomas JeffersonThe fate of a nation has often depended upon the good or bad digestion of a prime minister.
VoltaireThe only assurance of our nation's safety is to lay our foundation in morality and religion.
Abraham LincolnIf 600,000 people have to die in order for the nation to live, then 600,000 people will die.
Abraham LincolnThe root of a nation's misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government.
Aung San Suu KyiIt is not the enactment, but the observance of laws, that creates the character of a nation.
Calvin CoolidgeThe true greatness of a nation lies in its character, not in its economic or military power.
Daniel L DreisbachThe great works belong to no one nation, no one cultural tradition even. They are universal.
George BrandisThe future of this nation, with the present generation, You must admit is nothing but a joke
Ira GershwinI never considered myself a patriot. I like to think I recognize only humanity as my nation.
Isaac AsimovIt's already 95 degrees outside. Mississippi got the most unorganized weather in the nation.
Kathryn StockettNation is one. We will not work for Hindus or Muslims, we will work for the people of India.
Narendra ModiAn individual is as superb as a nation when he has the qualities which make a superb nation.
Walt WhitmanA colony, yet a nation - words never before in the history of the world associated together.
Wilfrid LaurierWe are the first nation in the history of the world to go to the poorhouse in an automobile.
Will RogersA good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.
William Ralph IngeTrue statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be.
William Rounseville AlgerMoney is the source of the greatest vice, and that nation which is most rich, is most wicked.
Fanny BurneyIt is often those who are despised and trampled on that bear up the weight of a whole nation.
John OwenPeople like me, who care about printing, constitute the tiniest lunatic fringe in the nation.
Leonard BaskinPeople need to understand, we can come together as a nation; we can create a culture of life.
Mike PenceThe advance and perfecting of mathematics are closely joined to the prosperity of the nation.
Napoleon BonaparteI do believe that America's deepest political sickness is that it is a self-righteous nation.
Norman MailerI will use all my strength to bring about a just society to a nation living in a tough world.
Pierre TrudeauTo the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present.
Robert Green IngersollOnce fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth ever afterward resumes its liberty.
Walt WhitmanOur task is to harness the God-given energy of this German nation to stand firm for the Truth.
Adolf HitlerJohn Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.
Andrew JacksonIf such a young nation as the U.S. could make it to superpower status, we could do it as well.
Ayaan Hirsi AliWe must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity.
Dalai LamaA nation's strength is found not in the number of its laws but in the character of its people.
James Montgomery BoiceBut if not Kelso, then something else, because a free people must own the nation they live in.
Nicholas von HoffmanEvery nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.
William Sloane CoffinEine geteilte deutsche Nation: Das ergibt nichts Besseres als zwei Nationen von Landsknechten.
Andersch, AlfredThe United States has been a Pacific nation for over two centuries. That's not going to change.
Barack ObamaAmerica is a constipated nation.... If you pass small stools, you have to have large hospitals.
Denis Parsons BurkittThere is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.
Eric HofferJust imagine, a cow on the balcony of the nation, what an awful thing, what a shitty country...
Gabriel Garcia MarquezCan it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue?
George WashingtonNo modern nation has ever constructed a foreign policy that was acceptable to its intellectuals
Irving KristolThe Chinese nation has always pursued a life in harmony with other nations despite differences.
Li ZhaoxingThe oppressed martyrs of our culture have shed blood that nourish the red tulips of our nation.
Mahmud TarziThe nation wept tears of remorse for their leader: the tear-gas accomplished what was expected.
MinimaksThe time comes in the life of any nation when there remains only two choices - submit or fight.
Nelson MandelaOur audacity to rise from our losses makes Nigeria the number one footballing nation in Africa!
Stephen KeshiThe U.S.A. has become a nation of determined spectators, willing to watch someone else perform.
Sybil LeekEvery nation has to follow a certain policy: Commercial, trade, various other types of policies.
Abdul KalamIt is an embarrassment that the United States, the wealthiest nation, has people that go hungry.
Craig T. NelsonWe have to consider who is going to be the best prime minister to take on a "one nation" agenda.
Damian GreenThere is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.
Denis DiderotForgetfulness, and I would even say historical error, are essential in the creation of a nation.
Ernest RenanThe United States is not a Christian nation any more than it is a Jewish or a Mohammedan nation.
John AdamsThe future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.
John F. KennedyMost people feel very strongly that Donald Trump is a threat to the nation. He must be defeated.
Jonathan TasiniThe U.S. incarcerates more of its people than any nation in the world, or any nation in history.
Marianne WilliamsonIn the life of a nation, few ideas are more dangerous than good solutions to the wrong problems.
Robert ReichNo nation in history has ever survived a tax burden that reached a third of its national income.
Ronald ReaganI do have concerns about the current efforts to restructure our nation's intelligence community.
Theodore StevensBut of all nations in the world the English are perhaps the least a nation of pure philosophers.
Walter BagehotNations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.
Abdul KalamThe United States is the only nation that can lead the world toward a solution on climate change.
Al GoreA nation that will not enforce its laws has no claim to the respect and allegiance of its people.
Ambrose BierceWhat makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on earth.
Barack ObamaWe are rapidly moving toward a nation of the super-rich, by the super-rich and for the super-rich
Bernie SandersA Failure in this Duty did once involve our Nation in all the Horrors of Rebellion and Civil War.
Charles InglisObama is a human wrecking ball single-handedly destroying our economy and bankrupting the nation.
David LimbaughAlthough our great man at the head of the nation, has changed his course, I will not change mine.
Davy CrockettThe gurus come from the sickliest nation on earth to tell us how to live. And we pay them for it.
Edward AbbeyI have something else to ask you, to ask every American. I ask you to pray for this great nation.
George W. BushThe arts are not a luxury. They are an integral part of our lives as individuals and as a nation.
Hillary ClintonNevada is poised to lead our nation in renewable development and we must harness those resources.
Joe HeckWe did some massive flirting in front of the nation, but there was never anything more than that.
Kenny RogersWhen defending itself against another country, a nation never lacks men, but too often, soldiers.
Napoleon BonaparteTo be the father of a nation is a great honor, but to be the father of a family is a greater joy.
Nelson MandelaThe nation which can only be saved by one man and wants to be saved that way deserves a whipping!
Rudolf RockerIt is, of course, the merest truism to say a party is of use only so far as it serves the nation.
Theodore RooseveltThe political mirage of something for nothing, from leaders who 'care,' has ruined many a nation.
Thomas SowellWie eine Nation durchschnittlich die Tiere behandelt, ist ein Hauptmaßstab ihres Humanitätswerts.
Strauß, David FriedrichI believe we [americans] are strongest as a nation, when the president and Congress work together.
Barack ObamaWith a nation, as with a boxer, one of the greatest assurances of safety is to add reach to power.
Dean AchesonThe nation's morals are like its teeth: the more decayed they are the more it hurts to touch them.
George Bernard ShawWe will export death and violence to the four corners of the earth in defense of our great nation.
George W. BushIf a nation wants to live in peace with its neighbors, it doesn't keep rattling the saber at them.
Howard W. KochThe preservation of freedom, is not the task of soldiers alone. The whole nation has to be strong.
Lal Bahadur ShastriAny true revival can be proven by the fact that it changed the moral climate of an area or nation.
Leonard RavenhillBefore we can work on the problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation.
Michel'leMy case was wrongfully decided, and has caused great harm to the women and children of our nation.
Norma McCorveywitch-hunting misogyny is fiercely recurrent in this nation, even if its forms vary with the ages.
Patricia J. WilliamsWe see the wisdom of Solon's remark, that no more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
Thomas JeffersonForeign culture is as necessary to the spirit of a nation as is foreign commerce to its industries.
Ameen RihaniI must say I'm surprised by how skeptical of the [Barack] Obama administration The Nation has been.
Edward SnowdenThe living expression of the nation is the collective consciousness in motion of the entire people.
Frantz FanonThere is no bigger judgment for a president of the United States than how you take a nation to war.
John F. KerryToday, I say that no nation in the world need be left out of the global system we are constructing.
Madeleine AlbrightRonnie Barker was a straightforward man who had this extraordinary ability to make the nation laugh
Michael PalinA great Nation should have a fixed Government, so that the death of one man should not overturn it.
Napoleon BonaparteThe United States has more women and girls in prison than any other industrialized nation on earth.
Patricia ArquetteChristmas is a holiday that we celebrate not as individuals nor as a nation, but as a human family.
Ronald ReaganLiberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
Samuel JohnsonA nation to be great ought to be compressed in its increment by nations more civilized than itself.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties.
Thomas JeffersonTicketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
Barry DillerNothing is more likely to destroy a species or a nation than a determination to survive at all costs
C. S. LewisDemocracy can only spring from within a nation itself, only from the hearts and minds of its people.
Charles LindberghThe United States is not a nation of people which in the long run allows itself to be pushed around.
Dorothy ThompsonOf course in war all madness's come out in a man. That is the fault of war not of a man or a nation.
Frieda LawrenceThe people gave me the responsibility of building the future of this nation And I did it with honor.
Hosni MubarakThe nation voted us to power to see unity and communal harmony, not for any division or communality.
Khaleda ZiaThe black nation of Egypt is the only country that has a science named after its culture: Egyptology
Malcolm XThe nation must to a degree take it on faith that we, too, are honorable men devoted to her service.
Richard HelmsIt is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.
Theodore RooseveltEvery nation, every human being that came across earth had a song and sang in some way to their God.
Thomas A. DorseyThe ideals that bind us together are as old as our nation, but so are the forces that pull us apart.
William J. ClintonTens of thousands of brave Americans died to break the chains of British tyranny so that the principles of our Declaration of Independence could take fold and flourish in the birth of a new nation. Votes: 1 Jim Gerlach
The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend. Votes: 4 George W. Bush
In 1980, a nation in need of change selected Ronald Reagan to restore the shine to a tarnished America. Votes: 2 William L. Jenkins
The great men of power who seek to change the nations they belong to usually are pretty terrible people. Votes: 4 John Keegan
Too many Christians reverse New Covenant commands as we seek, through condemnation of the world, the return of the never-existent, demonic myth of the "Christian Nation"! Votes: 3 Gary Patton
You don't necessarily need atomic bombs to destroy a nation. Politicians who value their pockets than the life of citizens always do that every day. Votes: 4 Israelmore Ayivor
We must become the United States of America that represents every community, that represents every individual. And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation. Votes: 8 Al Sharpton
Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining. Votes: 4 Desmond Tutu
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. Votes: 2 John F. Kennedy
These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror. Votes: 1 Michael N. Castle
Fast Food Nation' was boring and aimed at yuppies, and yuppies don't eat fast food. Votes: 3 Lloyd Kaufman
Illinois corn farmers are the Nation's number two exporter of feed grains. Votes: 1 John Shimkus
Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury. Votes: 1 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Can one serve God and one's nation in parliament? Votes: 2 William Wilberforce
It graduates to 'our state is better than your state', and 'our nation is better than your nation.' And it circles all the way around to where it started: 'Our God is better than your God.' Votes: 1 Neale Donald Walsch
We have a great country, we are a great nation - let us trust in it. Votes: 6 Felipe VI
And the American people are the greatest people in the world. What makes America the greatest nation in the world is the heart of the American people: hardworking, innovative, risk-taking, God- loving, family-oriented American people. Votes: 4 Mitt Romney
In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it. Votes: 3 Marianne Williamson
India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system. Votes: 5 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
God is concerned with nations, but nations also need to be concerned with God. No nation can have a monopoly on God, but God will bless any nation whose people seek and honor His will as revealed by Christ and declared through the Holy Spirit. Votes: 1 John Hagee
Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change. Votes: 1 Wynton Marsalis
Zionism is nothing more, but also nothing less, than the Jewish People's sense of origin and destination in the Land linked eternally with its name. It is also the instrument whereby the Jewish Nation seeks an authentic fulfillment of itself. Votes: 3 Abba Eban
All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is. Votes: 2 Abbas Kiarostami
Governments must now take a leading role in moving their nations in the right direction. Votes: 1 Henry W. Kendall
The United States is the first nation to regularly conduct strikes using remotely piloted aircraft in an armed conflict. Other nations also possess this technology. Many more nations are seeking it, and more will succeed in acquiring it. Votes: 2 John O. Brennan
The system of domination is founded on depriving nations of their true identity. It seeks to deprive nations of their culture, identity, self-confidence and in this way dominate them. Votes: 1 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building. Votes: 5 Zaha Hadid
At Walmart, we recognize the need to support the development of our nation's youth. Votes: 2 Sylvia Mathews Burwell
America is an unsolvable problem: a nation divided and deeply in hate with itself. If it was a startup, wed understand how unfixable the situation is; most of us would leave for a fresh start, and the company would fall apart. America is MySpace. Votes: 4 Michael Arrington
But when I reintroduced the Nation of Islam, and began to host meetings in cities and thousands and thousands of people come out. Votes: 3 Louis Farrakhan
I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons with rocks before I ever took a hatchet. Votes: 2 Carry Nation
We've been in the nation-building business since World War I, and especially since WWII. The goal is not a Jeffersonian Democracy in Afghanistan, but a representative government that respects human rights, protects its own people, and is a friend of the West. These are very realistic - and necessary - goals. Votes: 2 Oliver North
The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future. Votes: 4 F. Sionil Jose
The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. Votes: 4 Dwight D. Eisenhower
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under. Votes: 3 Ronald Reagan
The fundamentals that founded our great nation included the freedom of speech and religion. Votes: 4 Markwayne Mullin
If we could reach the point where many of our nation's future leaders know what teachers know after teaching successfully in our highest-need schools, we would have a very different situation. Votes: 4 Wendy Kopp
The prominence given to our nation as a rainbow country has its genesis and credence in our 'Calaloo culture' of which our East Indian brothers and sisters have played a principal part. Votes: 1 Anthony Carmona
Pakistan is rich in sporting talent, but the only thing needed is to have sincere and honest administrators who should be held accountable by the government. Pakistan should be recognised as a sporting nation and not as a terrorist country. Votes: 1 Jahangir Khan
We are the most powerful nation in the world, but we're not the only nation in the world. We are not the only people in the world. We are an important people, the wealthiest, the most powerful and, to a great extent, generous. But we are part of the world. Votes: 1 Studs Terkel
Our nation's military and law enforcement personal work hard to protect us. We must thank them for their continued vigilance. Without their sacrifice we would less capable of protecting our nation. Votes: 4 Leonard Boswell
America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts. Votes: 3 Dirk Benedict
Each of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld - a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world. Votes: 4 Nelson Mandela
In Barack Obama, we have a great education president who is rebuilding America. His Race to the Top program is doing more to 'spur us' to improve our public schools than anything we've ever done as a nation. Votes: 1 Jim Hunt
Modernity has been largely shaped for Jews by three momentous experiences: the acquisition of citizenship by individual Jews in secular nation-states, the destruction of one-third of Jewry in the Holocaust, and the founding of the State of Israel. Votes: 3 David Novak
Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off. Votes: 3 Ayn Rand
It is for women to come forward and choose the path of sacrifice for serving the nation. Votes: 3 Rahul Gandhi
The European nations' loss of sovereignty to the EU should be a warning to Americans. Votes: 1 Phyllis Schlafly
Since I did the SK Project and I partner with the United Nations World Food Program, I got a lot of different feedback from people online. Through social networks and through the Twitter. I read the comments and see 'em saying, 'People hungry here, Fif.' Votes: 1 Curtis Jackson
The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally. Votes: 1 Gustav Stresemann
India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator. Votes: 3 Winston Churchill
The world is full of nations that are part of the community of nations that don't respect rights. Votes: 3 Noah Feldman