Nation Quotes

To walk behind others on a road you are traveling together, to give precedence to others without envy - this is painful for an individual and painful for a nation.

Tonight Illinois has set a tone for the nation, that we won't stand idle hoping that our economy improves. This is a brand new day for the Illinois Republican Party.

They have seized upon the government by bribery and corruption. They have made speculation and public robbery a science. They have loaded the nation, the state, the county, and the city with debt.

In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.

The traditions of a nation are very important and the anthem written by Francis Scott Key in the early days of our nation should always be revered.

No nation has friends only interests.

Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.

America stands as a beacon of hope and the possibility of a better life - but it is also a nation where nearly 1 in 4 children live in poverty.

This nation loves singing and loves acting.

The UK is not going to leave the European Union. Of course not. We are inextricably wound up with Europe. In terms of culture, history and geography, we are a European nation.

We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

God has called us to be His representatives in our nation and in our world. Select candidates who represent your views and work for their election.

The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.

The Jewish nation is indeed, the heart of the world and there is no reason for the existence of empires, kings, rulers, masses or systems aside from their reaction to the Jewish people.

Security is still the most important issue facing Washington state residents and millions of Americans - the security of having a job, of access to affordable health care, of a quality education, and of protecting our homeland and defending our nation.

This is a time for a national conversation. A conversation about the document that binds us as a nation and a people. That document, of course, is the Constitution.

I don't see a groundswell of people willing to raise gas taxes right now. That leaves fuel economy standards as the only effective tool we have as a nation to make a dent in our dangerous and ever growing consumption of oil.

We are a nation at war - and we should act like it.

I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.

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

This nation has been drifting back in comparison with the rest of the world for the last 20 years in education.

If we invest in the American people, the American people always bring this Nation a good return.

Yesterday in this country we had people die of hunger and malnutrition. In some parts of this country, the infant mortality rate rivals that of sub-Saharan Africa. We have a public education system that ranks below that of almost any other Western nation.

This nation is notorious for its ability to make or fake anything cheaply. 'Made-in-China' goods now fill homes around the world. But our giant country has a small problem. We can't manufacture the happiness of our people.

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.

If you look at the history of the U.S., we were an empire long before we were a nation.

The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world.

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.

If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive citizens, we need to not only implement effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but we must also help those who have already given birth so that they become effective, nurturing, bonding parents.

In an era when information can be sent instantaneously anywhere, it is utterly nonsensical that our Nation's police, the fire, and EMS personnel cannot consistently communicate with each other.