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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
- Mumbai
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the United States in 2009, more than 10.2 billion trips were taken on transit trains and buses. So far, the nation has not experienced a major transit attack since Sept. 11, but the March 2010 Moscow subway bombings and earlier train attacks in London and Mumbai show that we must be prepared.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
While tributes to Americans who had lost their lives in battle had been held in a number of towns across the nation, one of the more well-known stories about the beginnings of Memorial Day is the story about General John Logan.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not only is New York City the nation's melting pot, it is also the casserole, the chafing dish and the charcoal grill.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
The workers of the nation were tired of waiting for corporate industry to right their economic wrongs, to alleviate their social agony and to grant them their political rights. Despairing of fair treatment, they resolved to do something for themselves.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Affordable Care Act was passed in large part because of recognition that our nation's health care system is not working. The act is not perfect, but it is a starting point, and we have been using it to improve the health of Coloradans.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since 2006, we have surpassed Alaska, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and California in oil production to become the second largest oil-producing state in the nation, trailing only Texas. In 2012, North Dakota produced more than 245 million barrels of oil and provided nearly 11 percent of all U.S. output.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
God is concerned with nations, but nations also need to be concerned with God. No nation can have a monopoly on God, but God will bless any nation whose people seek and honor His will as revealed by Christ and declared through the Holy Spirit.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been absolutely clear where I'm coming from about health care reform. This is something this nation has to do and a robust public option has been the mantra of my campaign from the very outset.
- Christian
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot of America that's Christian. I would not describe us, though, on the whole, as a Christian nation.
- Hemisphere
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unless confronted by an immediate, visible, or uncomfortable crisis, our nation's tendency is to take the security of the Western Hemisphere for granted.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.
- Entrust
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
- Hospital
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- Nov 07, 2020
No military or veteran family should have to choose between paying their bills and being together while one of our nation's heroes is in the hospital.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020