Quotes about Nation
A great nation does not hide its history. It faces its flaws and corrects them.
— George W. Bush
I ask you to seek a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor.
— George W. Bush
No people can be bound to acknowledge the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the united States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency
— George Washington
The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to it animosity or two its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and it's interest.
— George Washington
The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?
— Dan Quayle
The great question of our day is whether we, the Jewish people of Israel, can find within us the will to survive as a nation.
— Ariel Sharon
America is composed of all kinds of people - part of the difficulty in our nation today is due to the fact that we are not utilising the abilities and the talents of other brown and black peoples and females that have something to bring to the creativity and the rejuvenation and the revitalisation of this country.
— Shirley Chisholm
Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.
— George W. Bush
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. —1 PETER 2:9 NKJV
— Sarah Young
All of this leads us to one central question for our own lives today: How much of our faith is tied to our own nation and its power?
— Scot McKnight
Christians in Germany will face the terrible alternative of either willing the defeat of their nation in order that Christian civilization may survive, or willing the victory of their nation and thereby destroying our civilization.
— Scot McKnight
There can be no time, no state of things, in which Credit is not essential to a Nation.
— Alexander Hamilton