Nation Quotes

As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds.

We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.

A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.

The hope for our nation and our world lies within our ability to innovate and move forward technologically.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

Our platform calls for a balanced deficit reduction plan where the wealthy pay their fair share. And when your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism.

I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book of poems.

Democrats have always historically referred to our families as working families, and I have sort of changed that moniker. I think what we have is a nation of worried families - families that are concerned about job security, families who thought their pensions were secure and now have questions.

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

There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation.

Stay with us, please remain in this country and constitute a nation based on national unity.

That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns.

We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation.

Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.

America's Older Americans add great value to our Nation.

At a time when going to college has never been more important, it's never been more expensive, and our nation's families haven't been in this kind of financial duress since the great depression. And so what we have is just sort of a miraculous opportunity simply by stopping the subsidy to banks when we already have the risk of loans. We can plow those savings into our students. And we can make college dramatically more affordable, tens of billions of dollars over the next decade.

I am struck by how casually we as a nation react to the carnage in Iraq.

Mr. Speaker, the Delaware River deepening project is important for my constituents, for our region and for the entire nation. I trust that, when they examine the facts about it, every one of my colleagues will join me in supporting it.

Every nation sincerely desires peace; and all nations pursue courses which if persisted in, must make peace impossible.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

Our party for the longest time has relied on the votes of white guys. I think that all of these candidates are going to improve our party, our policies, and our nation.

I incline to an aristocratic republic. This would satisfy the ambitious spirit among our people. We shall learn from the historic mistakes of others in the same way as we learn from our own; for we are a modern nation and wish to be the most modern in the world.

America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts.

Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history.

Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury.

On that terrible day, a nation became a neighborhood. All Americans became New Yorkers.

I'll get to the force field of this hostility, why it's there, why the rage is in any of us, why the trash takes place, whether or not it's between me and a couple of hecklers in the audience or between this country and another nation, the rage.

Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways.

Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.