Nations Quotes
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I believe that there is no test of greatness in periods, nations or men more sure than the development, among them or in them, of a noble grotesque, and no test of comparative smallness or limitation, of one kind or another, more sure than the absence of grotesque invention, or incapability of understanding it.
John Ruskin -
Few nations match our rich resource of literature.
Charles Clarke
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All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least to the people that have been the first to fall...
Harry S Truman -
He is the greatest influence in the world today. There is... a fifth Gospel being written - the work of Jesus Christ in the hearts and lives of men and nations.
William Griffith Thomas -
O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations, Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain, I pray ye flog them upon all occasions, It mends their morals, never mind the pain.
Lord Byron -
For, since the fall of Adam had brought disgrace upon all his posterity, God restores those, whom He separates as His own, so that their condition may be better than that of all other nations. At the same time it must be remarked, that this grace of renewal is effaced in many who have afterwards profaned it
John Calvin -
Here rests the soul of our nation - here also should be our conscience.
Caspar Weinberger -
I'm just trying to age as ungracefully as I can in front of the nation.
Mike O'Malley
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I believe that every people and every nation has the right to be free and independent.
David Duke -
Our aim is not just an educated nation but an intelligent one
Tony Blair -
But the Earth holds ghosts, even of entire nations.
Alan Weisman -
Anything that is as old as racism is in the blood line of the nation. It's not any superficial thing-that attitude is in the blood and we have to educate about it.
Nannie Helen Burroughs -
To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make disciples of all nations.
Rowan Williams -
Forgetfulness, and I would even say historical error, are essential in the creation of a nation.
Ernest Renan
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The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.
Ernest Renan -
A nation has its first obligation to its own workers and its own poor.
Richard Lamm -
By the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your country you are and ought to be as free a people as your brethren in England.
Jonathan Swift -
Luxembourg's aims is to be in the top 10 space-faring nations in the world.
Etienne Schneider -
No nation ever rises higher than its women.
Nellie McClung -
Canada is destined to be one of the great nations of the world and Canadian women must be ready for citizenship.
Nellie McClung