Quotes with nation

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  • Barbara Jordan A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.
    Speaking the truth with eloquent thunder
    Barbara Jordan
    American lawyer, educator and politician (1936 - 1996)
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  • Edmund Burke A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Andrew William Mellon A nation is not in danger of financial disaster merely because it owes itself money.
    Andrew William Mellon
    American banker and businessman
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  • James Joyce A nation is the same people living in the same place.
    James Joyce
    Irish writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Abdelaziz Bouteflika A nation must be embraced, rehabilitated and expressed as a tangible sign of human creativity and as an integral element of mankind's heritage.
    Abdelaziz Bouteflika
    Algerian politician (1937 - )
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  • Bill Owens A renewed commitment to the freedom and opportunity of our people is the touchstone of our time. In this new century, where tests are many and challenges change with the shifting of the wind, we must hold fast to the principles that have made our nation the envy of the world.
    Bill Owens
    American photographer (1938 - )
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  • Simone Weil A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Bill McKibben A spiritual voice is urgently needed to underline the fact that global warming is already causing human anguish and mortality in our nation and abroad, and much more will occur in the future without rapid action.
    Bill McKibben
    American environmentalist, author, and journalist (1960 - )
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt A trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree that we do - namely, a feeling of almost childish injury and resentment unless the world as a whole recognizes how innocent we are of anything but the most generous and harmless intentions.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Albert Pike A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.
    Albert Pike
    American attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason (1809 - 1891)
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  • Cass Sunstein After a two-term presidency, many young voters seem to want someone who is radically different from, even the opposite of, the commander in chief to whom they have become accustomed. After all, a two-term president will have led their nation for a significant percentage of their lives. That's boring. Isn't it time for a transformation?
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Alexander Henry All the aftermath that so frequently follows in the wake of war still confront the nation, and we now, as ever before, must hold fast to the ancient landmarks and see to it that all of these plagues that threaten so mightily shall be rendered harmless.
    Alexander Henry
    American painter
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Abraham Lincoln Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Adam Schiff Although every step must be taken to protect against a chemical or biological attack in America, our nation would survive the use of those weapons as we did when anthrax was mailed to our Capitol and other targets.
    Adam Schiff
    American lawyer and politician (1960 - )
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  • C. Wright Mills America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London, no city which is at once the social center, the political capital, and the financial hub.
    C. Wright Mills
    American sociologist (1916 - 1962)
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  • Bill Frist America is moving forward and gaining strength. We have been tested, and we have proven ourselves to be a tough, resilient and resourceful nation.
    Bill Frist
    American physician, businessman and politician (1952 - )
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  • Billy Graham America's founding fathers did not intend to take religion out of education. Many of the nation's greatest universities were founded by evangelists and religious leaders; but many of these have lost the founders concept and become secular institutions. Because of this attitude, secular education is stumbling and floundering.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Bill Flores America's history is exemplified in the efforts of the men and women who died for our country. The one thing that they all have in common is their selfless love for our nation and their courage to stand up to protect and defend it. They raised their gaze in the face of conflict, believed in what America could be, and pushed forward.
    Bill Flores
    American businessman and politician (1954 - )
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  • Barack Obama And I will do everything that I can as long as I am President of the United States to remind the American people that we are one nation under God, and we may call that God different names but we remain one nation.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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