- 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
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest is he who corrupts it.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a Latin nation that had an open policy with the U.S. My parents moved right to Florida, opened a pharmacy, and had me.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
To compel the nation with challenge the traditional American doctrine of freedom of the seas, every man and every ship in the navy is solemnly pledged.
- Greatness
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is to such men as Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson and Jackson and Franklin, all most lowly born, that we owe most of our greatness as a nation.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
My own special knowledge is about the Abenaki people and, to some degree, my Iroquois neighbors. But whenever I write anything about another tribal nation, I always get a lot of help. Not just from books, but from people who belong to that tribal nation.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our nation's anti-hunger programs need to be strengthened.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
The people of Israel are entitled, as is any other nation, to live in peace and safety.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nation's competitive needs.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a matter of record, New York City spends a higher portion of its budget on instruction and associated costs within the schools themselves than any of the other 100 largest districts in the nation.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our nation's oldest sin and deepest crime is the isolation of minority children - black children, in particular - in schools that are not only segregated but shamefully unequal.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must work to ensure that the Nevada Cancer Institute continues to receive the dollars necessary to make it a vibrant source of research and clinical assistance for cancer victims throughout the state of Nevada and the nation.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've seen the enemy we face up close. Radical Islamist jihadists are a direct threat to our nation and to Colorado. I know what it takes to defeat this enemy.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020