Quotes with nation

Quotes 221 till 240 of 331.

  • John W. Gardner The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.
    John W. Gardner
    American Educator, Social Activist (1912 - 2002)
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  • Bhumibol Adulyadej The important thing for the survival of the Thai society is that the majority of those who work, both in the government and the private sector, still strive to work in the same direction; this is why the Thai nation still stands.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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  • Mark Twain The master minds of all nations, in all ages, have sprung in affluent multitude from the mass of the nation, and from the mass of the nation only - not from its privileged classes.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Benjamin Graham The money cost of the reservoir plan literally fades into insignificance when it is compared with the financial burden which the great depression imposed on the nation.
    Storage and Stability Part II, Ch. IX, The Cost of the Reservoir Plan, p
    Benjamin Graham
    British-born American economist, professor and investor (1894 - 1976)
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  • Lewis H. Lapham The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations less fortunate the chance of war presents itself as a possible bountiful friend.
    Lewis H. Lapham
    American essayist and editor (1935 - )
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  • Aleksander Kwasniewski The nation is a community. Community of individuals, community of generations.
    Aleksander Kwasniewski
    Polish politician and journalist (1954 - )
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  • Will Rogers The nation is prosperous on the whole, but how much prosperity is there in a hole?
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    American statesman (1882 - 1945)
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  • Alexander Graham Bell The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
    Alexander Graham Bell
    Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator (1847 - 1922)
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  • Calvin Coolidge The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • Winston Churchill The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Woodrow Wilson The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The nation's morals are like its teeth: the more decayed they are the more it hurts to touch them.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bob Beauprez The new discovery of a 3.3 billion barrel oil deposit off Norway's coast cements that nation's claim to being Europe's second largest oil producer.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Bill Flores The Obama administration's proposed nuclear deal with Iran endangers the security of our nation and our allies.
    Bill Flores
    American businessman and politician (1954 - )
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  • Shashi Tharoor The only possible idea of India is that of a nation greater than the sum of its parts.
    Shashi Tharoor
    Indian politician and writer (1956 - )
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  • Harry S. Truman The president is the representative of the whole nation and he's the only lobbyist that all the one hundred and sixty million people in the country have.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • Ben Nelson The security of our nation depends on the men and women who are willing to sacrifice their safety, and possibly their lives, to protect the freedoms the rest of us enjoy.
    Ben Nelson
    American politician, businessman and lawyer (1941 - )
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  • Lyndon B. Johnson The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    American president (1908 - 1973)
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  • Dwight D. Eisenhower The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    American president (1890 - 1969)
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