Quotes about Nation
But, as a heathen tells us,[54] there is no nation so barbarous, no race so brutish, as not to be imbued with the conviction that there is a God.
— John Calvin
A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support.
— Thomas Paine
The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy.
— John Wesley
Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state?
— Tony Campolo
I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn't spring full-bloom from my brow - they came from the heart of a great nation.
— Ronald Reagan
No nation in history has ever survived a tax burden that reached a third of its national income.
— Ronald Reagan
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.
— George H. W. Bush
Doing the impossible is the history of this nation. It is how this country was built
— Michelle Obama
A nation's domestic and foreign policies and actions should be derived from the same standards of ethics, honesty and morality which are characteristic of the individual citizens of the nation.
— Jimmy Carter
A nation that fails to honor its heroes, soon will have no heroes to honor.
— Winston Churchill
A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.
— Abraham Lincoln