To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open a book that tells of her past.

The establishment of a central bank is 90% of communizing a nation.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

A nation can rise only when its women are empowered.

We need to restore the pride of the nation and work towards its betterment.

Educate the masses, elevate their standard of intelligence, and you will certainly have a successful nation.

A queen is not a queen until she has a nation behind her.

Our responsibility is to rally and lead the whole party and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, take up this historic baton and continue working hard for the great renewal of the Chinese nation, so that we will stand rock firm in the family of nations and make fresh and greater contribution to mankind.

We have to restore the soul of this nation.

We are in a battle for the soul of the nation.

The wealth of nations is created by the labor and ingenuity of its people.

The prosperity of a nation depends on the productivity of its labor and the efficiency of its institutions.

The true measure of a nation’s wealth is its ability to provide for the well-being of its citizens.

If we are the greatest nation the sun ever shone upon, it would seem to be mainly because we have been able to goad our wage-earners to this pitch of frenzy.

With reproductive rights under attack across the nation, Illinois is once again establishing itself as a leader in ensuring access to health care services.

It is devastating that a celebration of America was ripped apart by our uniquely American plague, a day dedicated to freedom has put into stark relief the one freedom we, as a nation, refuse to uphold : The freedom of our fellow citizens to live without the daily fear of gun violence.

The history of nations, in the sense in which I use the word, is often best studied in works not professedly historical

The great cause of revolutions is this, that while nations move onward, constitutions stand still

Perhaps the most significant moral characteristic of a nation is its hypocrisy.

We have the self-evident right to regulate our trade according to our own will and our own interest . . . . This right can be denied to no independent nation.

The nation which reposes on the pillow of political confidence, will sooner or later end its political existence in a deadly lethargy.

I entirely concur in the propriety of restoring to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation. In that sense alone it is a legitimate constitution. And, if that be not the guide in expounding it, there can be no security for consistent and stable government.

If we are to be one Nation in any respect, it clearly ought to be in respect to other Nations.

We have all been encouraged to feel in the guardianship and guidance of that Almighty Being, whose power regulates the destiny of nations.

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

And don’t forget that it is the press, the pulpit, and the university that mould public opinion, set the thought-pace of the nation. As for the artists, they merely pander to the little less than ignoble tastes of the Plutocracy.

France is my home.

A proud and healthy society does not equivocate when it comes to stating clearly and unequivocally what it expects of its prospective immigrants. It is for immigrants to adapt to the host nation’s values and never the other way around.

The first ‘D’ is to dream: dream big – not for yourself, but for the country and for the world. The second ‘D’ is to discover: discover your full potential and the opportunities that surround you; and the third ‘D’ is to do. ‘Do’ means to act on your dreams and make best use of the opportunities you have discovered.

We have this powerful ideological basis to the country that I don’t think any other country in the world quite can brag about. It’s a very complicated nation, and it’s very fertile.

And I’m not even just talking artists, every single person in this nation has the right to be themselves, live life go team go. I love you Canada, thank you so much.

History is the memory of a nation

One of the many disservices done to young people by our schools and colleges is giving them the puffed up notion that they are in a position to pass sweeping judgments on a world that they have barely begun to experience

One of the consequences of such notions as ‘entitlements’ is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence

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

In England a king hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which in plain terms, is to impoverish the nation and set it together by the ears. A pretty business indeed for a man to be allowed eight hundred thousand sterling a year for, and worshipped into the bargain! Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived

Let it then be heard, and let man learn to feel that the true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity, and not on conquest

Each government accuses the other of perfidy, intrigue and ambition, as a means of heating the imagination of their respective nations, and incensing them to hostilities. Man is not the enemy of man, but through the medium of a false system of government

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches

Youth is the seed time of good habits, as well in nations as in individuals

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell

The one nation America has seemed to gain something of a special relationship with is Israel, the sliver of the Middle East that has no oil and little strategic importance

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

One way of gauging a nation’s health, or of discerning what it really considers to be its interests—or to what extent it can be considered as a nation as distinguished from a coalition of special interests—is to examine those people it elects to represent or protect it. One glance at the American leaders (or figure-heads) conveys that America is on the edge of absolute chaos, and also suggests the future to which American interests, if not the bulk of the American people, appear willing to consign the blacks

Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.

It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

When our beliefs are based on our own direct experience of reality and not on notions offered by others, no one can remove these beliefs from us

Our notions about happiness entrap us. We forget that they are just ideas. Our idea of happiness can prevent us from actually being happy. We fail to see the opportunity for joy that is right in front of us when we are caught in a belief that happiness should take a particular form.

Every man will be as free and undisturbed in his faith or his disbelief as he is in his nationality. And if it should occur that men of other creeds and different nationalities come to live amongst us, we should accord them honorable protection and equality before the law. We have learnt toleration in Europe. This is not sarcastically said; for the Anti-Semitism of today could only in a very few places be taken for old religious intolerance. It is for the most part a movement among civilized nations by which they try to chase away the spectres of their own past. LAWS

I will give you my definition of a nation, and you can add the adjective ‘Jewish.’ A Nation is, in my mind, an historical group of men of a recognizable cohesion held together by a common enemy. Then, if you add to that the word ‘Jewish’ you have what I understand to be the Jewish nation

Let sovereignty be granted us over a portion of the earth’s surface large enough to satisfy our rightful requirements as a nation. The rest we shall manage for ourselves.

Four years ago in speaking of a Jewish nation one ran the risk of being regarded ridiculous. Today he makes himself ridiculous who denies the existence of a Jewish nation.

If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

It is time to provide a smashing answer for those cynical men who say that a democracy cannot be honest, cannot be efficient… We have in the darkest moments of our national trials retained our faith in our own ability to master our own destiny

This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper.

It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralise the long-range effects of our national stupidity.

Truly, this is a nation that sees itself as one that instills hope and is really about allowing people to pursue their dreams.

A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.

Girls should be brought up to be comrades and helpers, not to be dolls. They should take a real and not a visionary share in the welfare of the nation.

I saw people celebrating all over the country, Kenya… will be united and in future Kenya will be a running nation.

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

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

Once genius is submerged by bureaucracy, a nation is doomed to mediocrity.

Any nation that decides the only way to achieve peace is through peaceful means is a nation that will soon be a piece of another nation.

They may desire the option of increasing the nation’s income by increasing its productivity, but their political agenda prevents that from happening.101 The second option is to.

The nation’s first experiment with the income tax was tried at this time; another violation of the Constitution.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.

It’s nice to say let’s be bipartisan. But we’re a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation.

You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were able to do, especially in Philadelphia in 1787, four months, they argued about what a House should be, what a Senate should be, the power of the president, the Congress, the Supreme Court. And they had to deal with slavery.

A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.

One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even rely upon it; but one can never expect anything from the gratitude of a nation.

The nation that has the schools has the future.

For The United States, the leading space faring nation for nearly half a century, to be without carriage to low Earth orbit and with no human exploration capability to go beyond Earth orbit for an indeterminate time into the future, destines our nation to become one of second or even third rate stature. While the President’s plan envisages humans traveling away from Earth and perhaps toward Mars at some time in the future, the lack of developed rockets and spacecraft will assure that ability will not be available for many years. Without the skill and experience that actual spacecraft operation provides, the USA is far too likely to be on a long downhill slide to mediocrity. America must decide if it wishes to remain a leader in space. If it does, we should institute a program which will give us the very best chance of achieving that goal.

It is not a question of one nation winning at the expense of another. We must all help one another or all perish together.

I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is when the President takes his oath of office, rather than to the flag and the nation

Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of our nation.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten

God will not be used as a convenience. Men or nations who think they can revive the Faith in order to make a good society might just as well think they can use the stairs of heaven as a shortcut to the nearest chemist’s shop

The nation is bound together by an invisible chain.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

In a moment all the heavy sorrow and misery which sleep had banished were upon him again, and he realized that he was no longer a petted prince in a palace, with the adoring eyes of a nation upon him, but a pauper, an outcast, clothed in rags, prisoner in a den fit only for beasts, and consorting with beggars and thieves.

Observe good faith and justice towards all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.

I do not believe that hating any man solves the problem of race or any other problem. … I firmly believe that hatred, like anger, works on the physical glandular system as well as on the moral fiber of our nation, and in doing so, can bring no positive good.

The choice facing the nation is between two totally different ways of life. And what a prize we have to fight for: no less than the chance to banish from our land the dark, divisive clouds of Marxist socialism and bring together men and women from all walks of life who share a belief in freedom.

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.

Our success educationally, industrially, and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but in Africa.

There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation.

Africa has become the big game of the nation hunters. Today, Africa looms as the greatest commercial, industrial, and political prize in the world.

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

This army is powerful because all its members have a conscious discipline; they have come together and they fight not for the private interests of a few individuals or a narrow clique, but for the interests of the broad masses and of the whole nation. The sole purpose of this army is to stand firmly with the Chinese people and to serve them whole-heartedly.

People who try to commit suicide  don’t attempt to save them!  China is such a populous nation, it is not as if we cannot do without a few people.

When you educate a girl, you begin to change the face of a nation.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.

A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.

We are becoming a nation of sissies and hypochondriacs, a self medicating society easily intimidated by pain and prone to panic. We understand almost nothing about the essential robustness of the human body or its ability to meet the challenge of illness.

If you want a nation to have space exploration ambitions, you’ve got to send humans.

We’re a sleepy nation right now. I want us to be a nation of innovation.

Our nation is turning into an Idiocracy.

Two nations; between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets; who are formed by a different breeding, are fed by a different food, are ordered by different manners, and are not governed by the same laws . . . . THE RICH AND THE POOR.

The Union was formed by the voluntary agreement of the States; and these, in uniting together, have not forfeited their Nationality, nor have they been reduced to the condition of one and the same people. If one of the States chose to withdraw its name from the contract, it would be difficult to disprove its right of doing so

The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal, but it depends upon themselves whether the principle of equality is to lead them to servitude or freedom, to knowledge or barbarism, to prosperity or wretchedness.

Amongst democratic nations, each new generation is a new people

The will of the nation is one of those phrases most widely abused by schemers and tyrants of all ages.

Laws are always unstable unless they are founded on the manners of a nation; and manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people

A long war almost always places nations in this sad alternative: that their defeat delivers them to destruction and their triumph to despotism.

It is indeed difficult to imagine how men who have entirely renounced the habit of managing their own affairs could be successful in choosing those who ought to lead them. It is impossible to believe that a liberal, energetic, and wise government can ever emerge from the ballots of a nation of servants.

A decline of public morals in the United States will probably be marked by the abuse of the power of impeachment as a means of crushing political adversaries.

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults

One of the great strengths of the United States is… we have a very large Christian population – we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.

We need to recognize that the situation in Ferguson speaks to broader challenges that we still face as a nation. The fact is, in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. Some of this is the result of the legacy of racial discrimination in this country.

Are we a nation that educates the world’s best and brightest in our universities, only to send them home to create businesses in countries that compete against us? Or are we a nation that encourages them to stay and create jobs, businesses, and industries right here in America?

A lot has happened over the years. And while this nation has been tested by war, and it’s been tested by recession and all manner of challenges – I stand before you again tonight, after almost two terms as your president, to tell you I am more optimistic about the future of America than ever before.

And I will do everything that I can as long as I am President of the United States to remind the American people that we are one nation under God, and we may call that God different names but we remain one nation.

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.

Ours is a nation of laws: of citizens who live under them and for the citizens who enforce them. So, to a community in Ferguson that is rightly hurting and looking for answers, let me call once again for us to seek some understanding rather than simply holler at each other. Let’s seek to heal rather than to wound each other.

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation – not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

You criticize without understanding. You seek only to address your own personal feelings. That is selfish thinking, Zindzi. It does not serve the nation.

We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender.

I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.

My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

Now, as a nation, we don’t promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That’s an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.

If we want maturity, we have to be mature. If we want a nation that feels hopeful, then we have to speak in hopeful terms… We have to model what we want.