- 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
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is but one nation on the globe from which we have anything serious to apprehend, but that is the most powerful that now exists or ever did exist. I refer to Great Britain.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since its first day as a nation, Israel has lived under a cloud of aggression from militant extremists and hostile neighboring governments.
- Desire
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- Nov 07, 2020
The extreme socialists desire to run every nation as a single business concern.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our goal is to make Maine the healthiest state in the nation and reduce our overall health care costs.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think Maine needs people. It needs diversity. It needs to be able to respect people. Openness is crucial for this state because we don't want to be known for having the oldest state in the nation. We want young families.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security forces are capable and efficient enough to defend the sovereignty of the nation.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
The United States is the most powerful nation on Earth and it just can't walk away from the Middle East and central Asia and the Horn of Africa.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to make it very clear to the Iranians, the same way we made it clear to the Soviet Union and China, that their first use of nuclear weapons would result in the devastation of their nation.
- Necessity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Greed can't again lead the way. We've taken that route before with terrible consequences for this nation and its people.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wore the cloth of the nation for over 31 years in peace and war, from the Vietnam and Cold War eras, to Afghanistan and Iraq, and the emergence of China.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020