If you don’t know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.

In a country with millions of people and cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there once in awhile.

Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism – and wars.

There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

I’d read up on the history of our country and I’d become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

My government is working for the common man. Our priority is the poor of the country. We want good governance through a dynamic and seamless government.

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

If you want to find the source of much of the music of modern day Russia, you will find it in the incredible compositions of that crazed lunatic Berlioz.

I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.

Great countries are those that produce great people.

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

One of the great attractions of patriotism – it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what’s more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.

I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I’m not based in Monaco… I think my country helped me.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

In this country, it doesn’t make any difference where you were born. It doesn’t make any difference who your parents were. It doesn’t make any difference if, like me, you couldn’t even speak English until you were in your twenties.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Pakistan is not a unified country.

Ladies and gentlemen, god bless America – land of the free, home of the brave.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.

When I was a sophomore at USC, I was a socialist, pretty much to the left. But not when I left the university. I quickly got wise. I’d read about what had happened to Russia in 1917 when the Communists took over.

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.

America is the greatest country in the world.

Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.

I’m not the greatest; I’m the double greatest. Not only do I knock ‚em out, I pick the round.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

Men are only as great as they are kind.

My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.

No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it’s very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.

Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country.

Every country must be absolutely free to adopt the type of economic, political and social system that it considers convenient.

We are a nation founded as a rebuke to tyranny. A nation of revolutionaries who refused sovereign reign from afar. Hear me – we’re a nation that says give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. A nation built on our differences, guided by the belief that we’re all created equal.

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else – I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.

Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.

I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, ‚I like your tie,‘ to a man… or, ‚I like your country because the weather’s good,‘ or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.

When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.

No other country in the world does what we do. On every issue, the world turns to us, not simply because of the size of our economy or our military might – but because of the ideals we stand for, and the burdens we bear to advance them.

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It’s self-defense. It’s patriotism.