Quotes with nation

Quotes 181 till 200 of 331.

  • John F. Kennedy Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Ben Carson Our strength as a nation comes in our unity. We are the United States of America, not the divided states. And those who want to divide us are trying to divide us, and we shouldn't let them do it.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Bill Frist Our top focus - protecting our Nation - must go beyond homeland preparedness; America will only be secure if we deal with threats before they happen, not just after they happen.
    Bill Frist
    American physician, businessman and politician (1952 - )
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  • Mark Twain Patriotismis is loyalty to the nation all the time, loyalty to the government when it deserves it .
    The Czar's Soliloquy
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Aung San Suu Kyi Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
    Aung San Suu Kyi
    Burmese politician (1945 - )
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  • Theodore Roosevelt Peace is normally a great good, and normally it coincides with righteousness, but it is righteousness and not peace which should bind the conscience of a nation as it should bind the conscience of an individual; and neither a nation nor an individual can surrender conscience to another's keeping.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Ben Mezrich People rely on Wikipedia, and a lot of it is wrong. But because there it is on the Internet, they assume it's right. Rumor gets printed as fact. We may have lost our critical facility as a nation.
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  • Benjamin Todd Jealous Racial profiling punishes innocent individuals for the past actions of those who look and sound like them. It misdirects crucial resources and undercuts the trust needed between law enforcement and the communities they serve. It has no place in our national discourse, and no place in our nation's police departments.
    Benjamin Todd Jealous
    American civic leader and politician (1973 - )
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  • Leonard Cohen Raise a million filters and the rain will not be clean, until the longing for it be refined in deep confession. And still we hear, If only this nation had a soul, or, Let us change the way we trade, or, Let us be proud of our region.
    Leonard Cohen
    Canadian-born American Musician, Songwriter, Singer (1934 - 2016)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Walter Bagehot Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions.
    Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • A. Philip Randolph Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.
    A. Philip Randolph
    American labor unionist and civil rights activist (1889 - 1979)
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  • Bennie Thompson Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake.
    Bennie Thompson
    American politician (1948 - )
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  • Maria Weston Chapman Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one.
    Maria Weston Chapman
    American abolitionist (1806 - 1885)
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  • Ben Stein Sleep makes people calmer, more alert, less fearful - just plain happier, or so I see around me and in me. I am sure that if this great nation were to concentrate on getting more sleep, we would be a happier, more confident people, and that by itself would be a major achievement.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Woodrow Wilson Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Bhumibol Adulyadej Support each other as is needed to achieve goals for the benefit of the people and the nation's security.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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  • Abdul Kalam Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
    Abdul Kalam
    11th President of India (1931 - 2015)
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  • Bob Corker The attack on Americans in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 is a stark reminder that our nation must remain vigilant in protecting our citizens from the threat of Al-Qaeda and similar extremist terrorist entities around the world.
    Bob Corker
    American businessman and politician (1952 - )
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