Great Nations Quotes - Page 3

• Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work.

  J. William Fulbright

  Mean, Ideas, Assuming

  J. William Fulbright (2011). “The Arrogance of Power”, p.16, Random House

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• Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation.

  Charles Rangel

  Decision, Rehabilitation, May

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• I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. I collect emotions.

  Vladimir Putin

  Believe, Men, Greatest Wealth

  "Putin: The New Tsar review - a portrait of a lonely, lying narcissist" by Sam Wollaston, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2018.

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• Not until my fourteenth or fifteenth year did I begin to come across the word 'Jew,' with any frequency, partly in connection with political discussions.... For the Jew was still characterized for me by nothing but his religion, and therefore, on grounds of human tolerance, I maintained my rejection of religious attacks in this case as in others. Consequently, the tone, particularly that of the Viennese anti-Semitic press, seemed to me unworthy of the cultural tradition of a great nation.

  Adolf Hitler

  Religious, Years, Rejection

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• There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness.

  Eldridge Cleaver

  Loss, Greatness, Self

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• What sort of love is this love that we have for countries? What sort of country is it that will ever live up to our dreams? What sort of dreams were these that have been broken? Isn't the greatness of great nations directly proportionate to their ability to be ruthless, genocidal? Doesn't the height of a country's 'success' usually also mark the depths of its moral failure?

  Arundhati Roy

  Dream, Country, Greatness

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• The nation blest above all nations is she in whom the civic genius of the people does the saving day by day, by acts without external picturesqueness; by speaking, writing, voting reasonably; by smiting corruption swiftly; by good temper between parties; by the people knowing true men when they see them, and preferring them as leaders to rabid partisans and empty quacks.

  William James

  War, Party, Writing

  "Essays in Religion and Morality".

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• Compassion is not a dirty word.. it's time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation of ours.

  Kevin Rudd

  Dirty, Compassion, Vocabulary

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• I fully recognize and appreciate the many substantial contributions of black Americans and other minorities to the creation and preservation and development of our great nation

  Strom Thurmond

  Appreciate, Black, Minorities

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• Gentlemen, if we don't cut spending we will be bankrupt. Yes, the medicine is harsh, but the patient requires it in order to live. Should we withhold the medicine? No. We are not wrong. We did not seek election and win in order to manage the decline of a great nation.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Cutting, Winning, Medicine

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• Far be it from me to paint a rosy picture of the future...But I should be failing in my duty if, on the other side, I were not to convey the true impression, that this great nation is getting into its war stride.

  Winston Churchill

  War, World, Sides

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• It is fitting for a great nation to yield.

  Laozi

  Yield, Tao, Fitting

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and to engage constantly in multilateral diplomacy.

  Elliott Abrams

  Tyrants, United States, Needs

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• I'm a Christian. I believe that greatness has to do with the quality of love shown to the least of thy brethren and the quality of service to those who are catching hell. When you look at it in that sense, I'd say America has had great moments, but I wouldn't call it a great nation. I don't think there have been any great nations in the history of the world, because in every nation you find poor people being subjugated. So, I see the term "great nation" as a contradiction, as an oxymoron.

  Cornel West

  Christian, Believe, Greatness

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• I'm not a fan in a rock concert, you see. I am a political leader in a great nation of the world. What interests me are France's interests.

  Marine Le Pen

  Rocks, Leader, Political

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities are consigned to the dustbin of history. We grew from that small, weak republic which had as its assets spirit, optimism, faith in God and an unshakeable belief that free men and women could govern themselves wisely. We became the leader of the free world, an example for all those who cherish freedom.

  Ronald Reagan

  Determination, Responsibility, Men

  "A MAN TRUE TO HIS WORD".

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• In these sacred documents are embodied eternal principles that no man, group of men, or nation has the right to withhold from others. Here is our basis for freedom of individual achievement. Our Constitution with its Bill of Rights guarantees to all our people the greatest freedom ever enjoyed by the people of any great nation. This system guarantees freedom of individual enterprise, freedom to own property, freedom to start one's own business and to operate it according to one's own judgment so long as the enterprise is honorable.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Men, Rights, Long

  Ezra Taft Benson (1974). “God, family, country: our three great loyalties”

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• We all learned in kindergarten that the beginning is a very good place to start. As we have this debate on illegal immigration and illegal entry into this country, let's begin at the very beginning by sealing the borders to this great Nation.

  Marsha Blackburn

  Country, Immigration, Borders

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• There are at the present time two great nations in the world--the Russians and the Americans. The American relies upon his personal interest to accomplish his ends and gives free scope to the unguided exertions and common sense of the people. The Russian centers all his authority of society in a single arm. The principal instrument of the former is freedom; of the latter, servitude. Their starting point is different and their courses are not the same; yet each of them seems marked by the will of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Destiny, Two, Rely Upon

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• I welcome this chance to further strengthen the unbreakable ties between the United States and Israel and to assure you of our commitment to Israel's security and well-being. Israel and America may be thousands of miles apart, but we are philosophical neighbors sharing a strong commitment to democracy and the rule of law. What we hold in common are the bonds of trust and friendship, qualities that in our eyes make Israel a great nation. No people have fought longer, struggled harder, or sacrificed more than yours in order to survive, to grow, and to live in freedom

  Ronald Reagan

  Strong, Philosophical, Commitment

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• Terrorists cannot threaten the survival of a great nation.

  Conrad Black

  Survival, Terrorist, Nations

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• Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune.

  Barack Obama

  People, Pro Life, Together

  Second Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 21 January 2013, Washington, D.C.

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• A great nation is any mob of people which produces at least one honest man a century.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, People, Political

  H.L. Mencken “A little book in C major”, Рипол Классик

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• Great nations of the world are moving toward democracy.

  George H. W. Bush

  Moving, Historical, Democracy

  Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1989

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• It does not matter what party you are a member of in this great Nation of ours. Accountability and competence are characteristics that Americans value throughout our great land.

  Jim Costa

  Party, Land, Accountability

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