- 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
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
There never yet was, and never will be, a nation permanently great, consisting, for the greater part, of wretched and miserable families.
- Digital
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- Nov 07, 2020
As individuals and as a nation we have become dependent on a vast digital infrastructure. That, in turn, has made us vulnerable to cybercriminals and foreign adversaries that target that infrastructure.
- Fugitive
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Marshals were founded when our nation was founded and from the earliest period, one of their key tasks has been apprehension. They are our fugitive enforcers in this country.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Medal of Valor is this nation's highest and most prestigious award for public safety officers.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we could reach the point where many of our nation's future leaders know what teachers know after teaching successfully in our highest-need schools, we would have a very different situation.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Persistent inequality costs the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars a year, undermining our global competitiveness, our democracy, and our ideals as a nation.
- Alumni
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- Nov 07, 2020
Teach For America would not be able to continue recruiting and developing an ever-more diverse and impactful group of corps members and alumni if the nation's leading colleges become even less diverse.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to address our Nation's mounting garbage problem by generating less garbage, particularly paper waste.
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
As one of the largest states in the country, Florida's vibrant diversity is a key part of our nation's story.
- Felony
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- Nov 07, 2020