- Strength
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nation Quotes
Reflections on country, community, and the work of change.
This collection brings together quotes about what a nation owes its people and what its people owe back, touching on education access, inequality, and the leaders a country produces. Several lines connect that civic outlook to a deeper belief in what a country can become.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
How strange it is that murder has the sanction of law in one and only one of the human relationships, and that is the most important of all, that of nation to nation.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
The achievements we forge in this place and in our nation will not be those of one person or one party.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the past, the U.S. has shown its capacity to reinvent its gifts for leadership. During the 1970s, in the aftermath of the Nixon abdication and the Ford and Carter presidencies, the whole nation peered into the abyss, was horrified by what it saw and elected Ronald Reagan as president, which began a national resurgence.
- Common
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- Nov 07, 2020
Following the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, $3 per gallon gasoline became common and our nation has come under considerable strain.
- Considerable
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, our nation has been put under considerable fiscal pressure.
- Expressed
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- Nov 07, 2020
The beliefs expressed in the Declaration of Independence remain a standard for our nation today. They also remain a standard for those nations across the globe striving to achieve democracy.
- Plague
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- Nov 07, 2020
While Secretary Napolitano may be gone, she will not be forgotten. Her inaction and incompetence on border security will continue to plague our nation for years to come.
- Integrity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The integrity of our government, our Republic, fundamentally relies on the principle that no person, not even the president or the nation's chief law enforcement officer, is above our laws.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The people around the nation, but specifically in Arizona where operation Fast and Furious was carried out, deserve more from their president and their attorney general. I will not rest until full answers are given about this project, justice is served for those responsible, and Attorney General Holder takes responsibility for his role.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What keeps me up at night is our nation's continued and burgeoning lack of rationality in response to mass shootings.
- Duty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised to believe that we all have a civic duty and a responsibility as Americans to improve our neighborhoods and our nation.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
America has to stand up and decide if we want to be a socialist nation or if we're going to be a free nation.
- Caring
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- Nov 07, 2020
Caring for our veterans is the duty of a grateful nation. Unfortunately, the Bush administration and congressional Republicans have not lived up to this duty.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Republicans can send the nation into turmoil, but we will not come to any agreement that does not include new revenue - and not just token new revenue. It is their choice.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020