nation quotes

Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country.

Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

I believe that a government has only one religion – India first. A government has only one holy book – our Constitution. A government has only one kind of devotion – towards nation.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.

‚Nation‘ was one that I’d have killed myself if I hadn’t written it. It was absolutely important to me that I wrote it. It was good for my soul.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

I believe the destiny of your generation – and your nation – is a rendezvous with excellence.

Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.

The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion’s heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.

In the West, we have been withdrawing from our tradition-, religion-, and even nation-centred cultures.

Something’s very wrong with a nation that would rather spend money on war than take care of its children.

We are a nation of communities… a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation – not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

A lot has happened over the years. And while this nation has been tested by war, and it’s been tested by recession and all manner of challenges – I stand before you again tonight, after almost two terms as your president, to tell you I am more optimistic about the future of America than ever before.

The statesman’s duty is to bridge the gap between his nation’s experience and his vision.

‚Hope and change‘ has become a cliche in our nation, and it is daunting to think that any American could hope for change from what God has blessed.

America is a Nation with a mission – and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace – a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.

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.

India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator.

America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.

America… just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it.

What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all – the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.

Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else’s affairs.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

The atomic bomb certainly is the most powerful of all weapons, but it is conclusively powerful and effective only in the hands of the nation which controls the sky.

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.

My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.

When a nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish.

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: ‚We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.‘

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.

Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors.

In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources.

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it – not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.

The honor of a nation is its life.

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.

The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one.

What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.

The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus, every boy is a challenge to his elders.

The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.