Nation Quotes

Barack Obama knows that to create an economy built to last, we need to focus on middle-class families. Families who stay up on Sunday nights pacing the floor, like my dad did, while their children, tucked in bed, dream big dreams. Families who aren't sure what Monday morning will bring, but who believe our nation's best days are still ahead.

Farmers in Missouri and across the country must comply with a variety of federal, state, and local regulations as they grow the crops and raise the livestock that we depend on to feed the nation and the world.

The 9/11 Commission recently released their report, citing important changes which need to be made to improve our nation's homeland security. I voiced my disappointment with the House leadership when this report was left until after the August recess for action.

Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.

In this nation, leadership is dollars.

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death.

It is an honor to be awarded with such a high rating from an organization as well respected as the NAACP. I am pleased that the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the nation, has recognized my voting record.

America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose.

We have not created any sort of democratic test for any nation.

Happy is the nation without a history.

Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in our nation.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

I wish to say to you that the life of an enlightened people and a vibrant nation cannot be measured by the life of an individual. A successful person is one who manages to lay down a new stone, a brick that would help firm up his nation's existence.

Let a nation's fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive.

Conquerors never, never conquer a nation to bring freedom. They brought control.

Nuclear energy is the scientific achievement of the Iranian nation.

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

The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed for the better.

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.

With that in mind and in celebration of National Prayer Day, today I have proposed in the House of Representatives a Constitutional Amendment that would restore voluntary prayer in our Nation's schools.

The nation was awakened by that deafening shot.

Permanent superiority has never been realized by any nation in history. After the rise comes the fall.

A budget should reflect the values and priorities of our nation and its people.

My family's story isn't special. What's special is the America that makes our story possible. Ours is a nation like no other, a place where great journeys can be made in a single generation. No matter who you are or where you come from, the path is always forward.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

The PATRIOT Act brought down the wall separating intelligence agencies from law enforcement and other entities charged with protecting the Nation from terrorism.

Bolivia is a majority indigenous nation, but that majority has always been excluded.

Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?

I think the Women's movement has had a major impact on everybody's lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.

Our brave soldiers and support personnel are engaged in a battle as important as any the United States has ever before waged, for the success of democracy in Iraq is a crucial test of the ideals this Nation was founded upon.