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

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

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

We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

In karting, in the European races, you have the cameras and the film crews and you do interviews. At around 13 I’d already started doing bit of media and it just increases more and more with every level you take, especially when you get into cars – and when you hit F1 it’s an even higher step up. It’s something you get used to over time.

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.

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.

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.

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

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

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.

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 decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

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.

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

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

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

Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska, or other new territories, is not a matter of exclusive concern to the people who may go there. The whole nation is interested that the best use shall be made of these territories. We want them for the homes of free white people.

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

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.

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.

The honor of a nation is its life.

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

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

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

‚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.

I am against nature. I don’t dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can’t touch with decay.

In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

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.

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

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.

‚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.

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.

By what principle of original right is it that one-fiftieth or one-ninetieth of a great nation, by calling themselves a State, have the right to break up and ruin that nation as a matter of original principle?

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

I’ve been getting some bad publicity – but you got to expect that.

The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot – and it’s only a question of time before all that the mind controls will run amuck in a frenzy of stupid, impotent fear.

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim’s sympathies.