Nations Quotes
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The Russians have turned out to be the largest divided nation in the world nowadays. Is that not a problem?
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The spread of personal ownership is in harmony with the deepest instincts of the British people. Few changes have done more to create one nation.
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Nations, not least America, retain full command of their national forces.
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We Americans have a chance to become someday a nation in which all racial stocks and classes can exist in their own selfhoods, but meet on a basis of respect and equality and live together, socially, economically, and politically.
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Old Dublin City there is no doubtin' Bates every city upon the say. 'Tis there you'd hear O'Connell spoutin' And Lady Morgan making tay. For 'tis the capital of the finest nation, With charmin' pisintry upon a fruitful sod, Fightin' like devils for conciliation, And hatin' each other for the Love of God.
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Nature hath given not only to the highest, but also to the inferior, classes of the people of this nation, a boldness and confidence in speaking and answering, even in the presence of their princes and chieftains.
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These times, indeed all times, demand national political leaders who know not only our history but the history of the world and its nations and peoples. We need leaders of principle, courage, character, wisdom, and discipline; and yet we seem trapped by a system of choosing our presidents that pushes those who possess those traits aside in favor of others who look good on television, are skilled at slandering and demonizing their opponents in a campaign, and are able to raise the hundreds of millions of dollars required to ensure election at any cost.
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There's a principle here and I'm hoping the court will uphold this principle so that we can finally go back and have every American want to stand up, face the flag, place their hand over their heart and pledge to one nation, indivisible, not divided by religion, with liberty and justice for all.
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If an armed nation were a polite nation, America would be paradise. We have more than 200 million guns in private owernship here. But our manners are not getting better.
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A sound like a sound of thunder rolled, And the heart of a nation stirred
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A scientist said, making a plea for exchange scholarships between nations, "The best way to send an idea is to wrap it up in a person." That was what happened at Christmas. The idea of divine love was wrapped up in a person.
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To the chefs who pioneered the nouvelle cuisine in France, the ancienne cuisine they were rebelling against looked timeless, primordial, old as the hills. But the cookbook record proves that the haute cuisine codified early in this century by Escoffier barely goes back to Napoleon's time. Before that, French food is not recognizable as French to modern eyes. Europe's menu before 1700 was completely different from its menu after 1800, when national cuisines arose along with modern nations and national cultures.
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Canada is destined to be one of the great nations of the world and Canadian women must be ready for citizenship.
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I believe that every people and every nation has the right to be free and independent.
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... France is the genius among nations.
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I'm just trying to age as ungracefully as I can in front of the nation.
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Lincoln is me. He is America. He is what makes us a great nation and a dangerous nation, all wrapped up in one man.
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Can one serve God and one's nation in parliament?
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Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the nation - especially in the suburbs.
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Honesty will be found on every experiment, to be the best and only true policy; let us then as a Nation be just.
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Architecture is the work of nations.
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But the Earth holds ghosts, even of entire nations.
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Indeed, the key to all diplomacy was knowing when they were serious about their threats and when they were posturing. Nations were like individuals, requiring cultivation and the paying of respect.
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Anglo-Saxons created a vernacular literature to which the continental nations at that time could show no parallel.
