- People
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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
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things we need to do with North Korea, which is a rogue nation, is to get the international community in support of further sanctions, of keeping pressure on the North Korean regime.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a broad cultural current that conveys the idea that a film is like a football team, it represents a nation, it is illustrated literature, filmed radio. These are outdated concepts, totally out of touch with today's realities.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty, and inspired our forefathers to shed their blood for the United States' independence, cannot die. Today, this spirit of solidarity must and will empower all of us to rebuild Haiti.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even though I was there through it all, it is hard for me to comprehend that I was growing up with brothers who would eventually occupy the highest offices of our nation, including president of the United States.
- Forward-Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must ask ourselves: Are we a confident, forward-looking nation that builds monuments - like DACA - to hope and determination? Or are we a nation that is turned inward, lauding monuments to intolerance and division?
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our nation is built on a proud history of providing refuge for the poor, persecuted, and disenfranchised.
- Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every state in this nation has been made better by those who have chosen to move here to escape persecution or extreme poverty.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are a compassionate nation, taking in the refugees and those, you know, fleeing, the huddled masses yearning to be free. This is something that's deeply ingrained in our hearts in the United States.
- Aggressor
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humans and nations are imperfect, and through our collective efforts, we hope to improve our nation and bring hope and opportunity to millions who lack it.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, in fact everybody - everybody - in the entire nation has enough stuff in their life to write about that's interesting that they could write their autobiography. And in the end that's why I find people interesting.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
When there were fears about the future of this nation's older cities... when a few of the cities teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, all eyes were focused on Chicago for contrast.
- Distant
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- Nov 07, 2020
The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
I realized then that the generations may change but the strength of our nation remains solid.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Arizona now has one of the most innovative systems of financing school construction in the nation.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020