It's amazing how 'American Idol' is sweeping the nation. After seeing great performers on TV, fans jump at the chance to see them live.

Mark Demko

It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.

Jane Austen

Since the 2000 election, Florida has led the nation in election reform. We have one of the most rigorous [voter machine] certification processes in the nation.

Jenny Nash

I will continue to steer the ministry to achieve this strategy of ensuring fuel supplies and the energy security of our nation.

Murli Deora

Tenets of critical thinking ... are weakened in our classrooms, we weaken our nation.

Rush Holt

Arts are economic development. That's a key component across the nation. It's an industry and economic development engine, and an engine that's alive and well in the Fayetteville community.

Steve Rust

We have been blessed with a healthy, growing economy, with more Americans going back to work, and with our Nation acting as a positive force for good in the world.

Jim Demint

In 2004, Texas led the nation in home foreclosures ... yet no one seems to have a good answer as to the reason for these alarming statistics.

Rodney Ellis

We hung (in there). That's the main thing. We played well. Now we're back home again and back against local competition and we can show why we were ranked fifth in the nation.

David Rehr

As a nation of millions, we must never be cowered by the actions of a few.

Mayor Michael Wildes

The nation is a community. Community of individuals, community of generations.

Aleksander Kaasniewski

In Massachusetts, in New England, across the nation and around the globe, people really embrace Kennedy. So it's not unnatural for us to look for an energetic vibrant candidate again.

Ann Scanlon

A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

We're not getting any backing or assistance from them. We feel they're neglectful of their duties. We charge that they are not standing behind the Navajo Nation.

Charles Morrison

It's a matter of what are our priorities as a nation. Obviously, our priorities are guns and not books.

Dan Curtis

Kannapolis is the envy of the nation.

Gene Mccombs

The focus is toward the youth, so the youth of one nation can help the youth of another nation.

Matthew Alcorn

The Navajo Nation has failed to protect the resources of its people.

Charles Morrison

The Capitol is the finest public building in Minnesota and, in my opinion, the most beautiful state capitol in the nation, and THE CEILING IS FALLING DOWN!

Rep Matt Dean

Hackett brought credibility on the No. 1 issue facing the nation - the war in Iraq.

Jon Soltz

I believe that this nation can only heal from the wounds of racism if we all begin to love blackness. And by that I don't mean that we love only that which is best within us, but that we're also able to love that which is faltering, which is wounded, which is contradictory, incomplete.

Bell Hooks

I am going to recite a prayer that I found to be appropriate for the [ceremony], especially after the tragedy in New Orleans. It's called a Prayer to the Nation.

John Mcmahon

He spoke from his heart and spoke to all America. I think he inspired a nation tonight.

Jeremy Harris

Alaska has the third best tax system for business in the nation for the second year in a row.

Scott Hodge

I stand with all of you who are every day out there making our state, nation and world a better place.

Cheryl Beckett

What has made this nation great? Not its heroes but its households.

Sarah Orne Jewett

Credit Card Nation.

Robert Manning

Our nation has paused to reflect on their special brand of courage in the face of almost unimaginable hardship and abuse.

Jerry Siegel

You are not permitted, ... to invade another nation, seize its leader, and put him on trial for the manner in which he led his nation.

Bruce Barket

We never fall behind the curve. We lead the curve and we spread the gospel to other communities so we can, as a nation, step into the bright light of democracy.

Max Anderson

Even if I don't want to pursue my basketball dream, I can fall back on a degree from one of the best schools in the nation.

Meshia Reed

If I were a student taking this class, I would get the impression that the most important people in the history of this nation were convinced, unequivocally, that it was founded by Christians, for Christians. That seems like advocacy to me.

David Newman

[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland.

Theodore Parker

We need Arizona to come out big and support us in the finals with their Internet votes to beat out the nation.

Mike Oliver

In Europe, bankruptcy laws are designed to protect creditors. We're a nation founded by debtors, people who were trying to get away from debtors' prison.

Carl Steidtmann

If we continue to grow at just 3 percent through the end of the decade, we will be the largest wine consumer nation in the world.

Jon Fredrikson

Man, I can see why they're No. 1 in the nation.

Rashad Bobino

He really is a compassionate conservative. He's a one-nation conservative, who believes we are all in this together.

Norman Lamont

The nation is turning its back on people with mental illness right now.

John Pinkerton

They've never had any game experience, but on the other hand they go out and practice against maybe one of the top five offenses in the nation every day.

Korey Hall

All it has to do is put the pledge as it was before and say that we are one nation, indivisible, instead of dividing us on religious basis.

Michael Newdow

The gratitude of the nation to the Sovereign Arbiter of All Human Events should be commensurate with the boundless blessings which we enjoy.

James Polk

This is really good news for the nation.

John Mchugh

We're trying to make it a social utility to the nation.

John Zimmerman

Lord, we thank you in advance for healing the nation.

John Caldwell

Last week, we had very high expectations for these babies, and to this point, they have fulfilled all of those expectations remarkably well, ... Face the Nation.

Robert Shaw

The U.S. ranks behind virtually every other developed country when it comes to seat belt use, and never has mediocrity been so deadly for a nation.

Alan Mcmillan

You know, this President invaded a sovereign nation in defiance of the UN. He is basically a war criminal. Honestly. He should be tried at The Hague.

Rosie O'donnell

Addiction is a serious problem for our nation, and the efforts that individuals make against this problem benefit us all.

John Walters

We are an enlightened and moderate nation. We are against extremism. We have to give a message to the entire world that our society rejects extremism, and we are united against it.

Shaukat Aziz

It's one of the toughest in the nation, ... First, just look in the ACC. Then we have non-conference games against Auburn and Georgia, too. But if we were not expecting to win every game, something would be wrong with that. We're not going to lower our standards.

Kenny Scott

It was like an explosion. I was holding my own against some of the best players in the nation. After that tournament, I felt like I was the best player in Palm Beach County.

Corey Claitt

We're already the most segregated area in the nation. How dare they come into our community and foster this kind of mind-set.

Roger Corbin

I head a nation of a million presidents.

Chaim Weizmann

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

We need to be careful here. This is a nominee who could shift the balance of the court, and thus the laws of the nation, for decades to come.

Charles E. Schumer

Once this legislation is enacted, our law will be worthy of our reputation as a nation of animal lovers.

Ben Bradshaw

It's why Pennsylvania is known as one of the most corrupt states in the nation. The people of Pennsylvania can have no confidence that their interests are being addressed.

Tim Potts

Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world.

Barbara Boxer

No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.

Edward R. Murrow

Consider what kind of nation we would be if hundreds of scandals involving state and local government still lay locked in the mouths of citizens.

Jack C. Landau

That was a war that was just so important because it decided the type of nation we would be.

Ron Rash

[Chang is looking forward to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He served as a Goodwill Ambassador for China, helping the nation get the bid.] It's very exciting, ... It will be great for China to show the world what it can do.

Michael Chang

Neither man or nation can exist without a sublime idea.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Public education has a duty to educate all our kids. If we don't educate all the kids that come into this nation, this country will go down quickly.

Juan Verdugo

Our bridges are going to be a test bed for the rest of the nation.

Gary Hoffman

This market is one of the wealthiest in the nation.

Alan Hunter

Playing that game in that atmosphere, and playing with the No. 1 team in the nation, just gave us confidence that we can play with anybody in the nation, and keep up with anybody, and beat just about anybody.

Deron Washington

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

Frank Zappa

Sometimes you ask yourself, 'Is this a nation with a military or is this a military that holds a nation?'

Reuven Gal

Gagarin is an idol for me. Here I've had the chance to see the places where he was and where he trained, as well as realizing how this nation treasures his example.

Marcos Pontes

I can say Bruce Tipton has done a tremendous job of researching facilities in his travels around the nation.

Gary Hatch

Our mission is to make Washington the safest state in the nation for consumers and their personal information.

Attorney General Rob Mckenna

It is time to look for political leadership that knows how to defend the interests of the people and the nation.

Pablo Gomez

The conscience of our nation is up for grabs.

Michael Ratner

In a normal nation, civil security is maintained by civil forces, and here the Iraqi police and military forces are well on their way to standing up.

Lt. Colfred Wellman

This area has one of the highest levels of radon in the nation. The tests we've done on homes in this area show three of five have elevated levels.

Cecil Keen

The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others.

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Andre played the best [back-to-back] games of anyone in my six years coaching here. He especially played very well against one of the best defensive teams in the nation [Boston].

Al Walker

The moderate instinct is that the country is in crisis, and we have to find some degree of reconciliation and unity in the interests of the nation.

Marshall Wittman

We're up but we're still underperforming the nation.

Jeffrey Humphreys

This bill sends a bad image across the nation. It says crime is out of control, law enforcement can't handle it and we have to arm ourselves as vigilantes.

Aaron Jackson

Embarrassed our entire nation.

James Parker

Our ports are not only critical entryways into our nation that must be protected but they are critical entryways to our economy.

Bob Etheridge

But the Bible speaks against it, and because the Bible speaks against it, we allow rampant sin including homosexuality and lying, and to me lying is just as b ad as homosexuality, and we've allowed this sin to run rampant in our nation.

Reggie White

Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.

Coretta Scott King

'Sunburn' established to the nation who we were. It is our ground to sit on.

Brett Scallions

If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room full of people, I would say to myself, 'You're the cleverest member of one of the cleverest families in the cleverest class of the cleverest nation. . . why should you be frightened?'

Beatrice Potter Webb

This effort to have a first-in-the-nation caucus is going to be a disaster.

Mike Foster

We as a nation lose if workers aren't healthy, ... It's an investment in workers' health and productivity to make sure they get the medical care they need.

Karen Davis

In a nation of laws, we would have thought that would have ended it. I think our concern is that this is not about justice. This is not about the law. This is about politics.

Michael Lombardi

Our top focus - protecting our Nation - must go beyond homeland preparedness; America will only be secure if we deal with threats before they happen, not just after they happen.

Bill Frist

There's no doubt they are the dark horse. They are the a very strong nation.

Paul Mcnamee

It absolutely stunned the nation.

Michael Dean

Like the nation, I'm grieving and searching, in mourning, angry, trying to sort through all my feelings. I think everyone is doing that.

Barbara Lee

We are now 1-0 and looking forward to playing one of the best teams in the nation. I'm proud of this team.

Carol Ross

Buffalo is way ahead of the curve. We're one of the leaders in the nation in pay for performance, because we've been doing this for 10 years or so.

Don Robinson

God is not interested in our small mentality and our foolish perceptions. God is interested in the people of this nation.

Pastor Ferdinand Nicholls

The so-called black leaders of this nation have convinced a large portion of the black community that blacks aren't capable of self-advancement.

Alphonso Jackson

This is a disease that is occurring across the nation. As you age, your immunity wanes, and you are no longer protected.

Cindy Gross

XXL named it the jail issue, but every issue of a lot of magazines might as well be called the jail issue, ... It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.

Public Enemy

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

John C. Danforth

The family has an important network throughout the state and nation. But the recognition itself won't add much.

Mary Coleman

What's bad for the country is always good for The Nation.

Victor Navasky

One half the nation is mad - and the other half not very sound.

Tobias G. Smollett

Whatever the nation needs. We're a resource for other government agencies to use.

Mark Wilkinson

We just have a ton of people who are looking to go into business for themselves. We've been overwhelmed with inquiries throughout the nation.

Jennifer Jackson

Everything you're seeing now, the community built. It's part of a new weird nation where all bets are off. Here, the future is yours to create.

Philip Rosedale

Our cultural tourism industry was a $9 billion industry in the state before the storms hit. We led the nation in utilizing our culture.

Gerard Perron

This will be a national march, ... At our count, there have been 130 people killed around the nation by these Taser guns. We will not sit idly by and not say anything about it.

Charles Steele

No nation has made a greater contribution and a more concrete commitment to sustainable development.

Paula Dobriansky

[There is definitely a] war on for talent, ... The whole nation is getting more and more aggressive. There is a big push to find talent by all companies.

Michael Kelly

We are here to help our brother nation of Bolivia.

Carlos Marin

We've seen a mild January and February, not only in Toledo but across the nation, and that's what affects our bills.

Chris Kozak

When crimes are committed in one nation and it's possible to try those crimes there, that respects the principle of territoriality.

Mariano Rajoy

We have one of the most volatile economies in the nation, and that makes us desperate.

Margaret Hallock

People have prejudices against a nation in which they have no acquaintance.

Philip Gilbert Hamerton

We don't believe the nation is smothered with tainted Tylenol.

Owen J. Mcclain

Every citizen in the state of Hawaii should be worried they're losing top quality teachers to elsewhere in the nation because of better pay.

Roger Takabayashi

The eyes of Arkansas and maybe the nation will be on Helena/West Helena.

Alan Suggs

We as a Navy and a nation cannot maintain a workforce that is configured for a world that no longer exists.

Donald Winter

I wouldn't be surprised. It's still a great buy, the only event of its kind that captivates a large portion of the nation at one time.

Steve Mckee

BYU has the most talent in the nation, so it was a very big win. It felt really good to beat BYU, especially after Thursday's loss.

Steve Klosterman

We expect justice to be rendered fairly. If there is a perception that it's not, the danger is this might again divide the nation and cause trouble. The country will be watching.

Dante Jimenez

This is a very big deal for us because this is a big county in an important state that's often a leader across the nation. This not just changes the game for cable, it changes the entire field.

Alan Ciamporcero

It's not often that the president of a European nation announces a collaborative effort with a Michigan company. It is great to see DNP prosper here in Michigan as it gains international attention.

David Hollister

Northwestern is always very good. They are ranked 51st in the nation.

Bill Richards

Porn Nation: The Naked Truth.

Ron Jeremy

The will and the culture of this nation in ways that are everlasting and profound.

Diane Feinstein

We haven't got hit as hard as the rest of the nation.

Brandon Cox

Congratulations to the Islamic nation, to our sheikh Osama abu Abdullah ( Osama bin Laden ), to our emir Mullah Mohammad Omar, to sheikh Ayman Zawahiri (bin Laden's deputy)... for the destruction of America, which is at the forefront of evil.

Al qaeda

The incoming freshman class is unbelievable. We've got kids coming from all over the nation that are top caliber and will help our chances of going to the CWS (College World Series) again.

Matt Hall

He can start anywhere else in the nation. We know we have to contain him when he's in the game, because he'll line up and run over you. He's quick for a big guy. He'll shake you now and then.

Michael Huff

Until now, Bush's approach has been defensive: We are a nation at war, and we can't afford a change, ... And lately, people seem to agree with him.

David Birdsell

This is a very talented team coming in. They're ranked No. 9 in the nation and it's not a fluke. They're very deep and there's not really one or two players we can focus in on.

Joddie Gleason

The number one all-star high school basketball game in the nation will be coming to Louisville, Kentucky.

Michon Ellis

I would have thought it would have been a few years down the road, but those things are so unpredictable. Who would have thought Iowa would fire a coach who finished fourth in the nation?

Jon Jaudon

This great man to whom the entire nation bows in respect is being used as a brand ambassador for eggs. This is an insult to Mahatma Gandhi and his principles and the Congress will not tolerate it.

Raghu Sharma

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

Madeleine Albright

It's important for us as the western door of America to be as prepared as we can, to help protect not only our people here in Hawaii but the nation.

Chiyome Fukino

Promoting fear in the nation.

Shimon Peres

The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America.

Jonathan Kozol

We're a nation at war, but we do believe it's important, through privately raised money, [that] we ought to go forward with the inaugural festivities.

Dan Bartlett

For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is confessed.

John Lecarre

During King of Spring contest we moved up a couple of spots and we are now seventh in the nation.

Ronnie Anderson

Use wedge issues and the politics of fear to divide the nation.

Stephanie Cutter

There isn't any legacy carrier in the nation that can say with certainty that a bankruptcy filing is not possible.

Amy Kudwa

A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.

Albert Pike

I don't think we should ever lose a game on Friday night with (Lincoln) on the mound. They don't get any better than him in the nation.

Jake Stewart

We definitely think we belong up there with the elite teams in the nation if you maybe take away a few plays. That's how it goes sometimes.

Nate Salley

A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation.

Bible

Texas, of course, has a large minority population, and it has a very religious population compared to the rest of the nation.

David Popenoe

It's no surprise that Colorado lags the nation in income growth because we were hit hard by the high-tech meltdown from 2001 to 2003.

Dave Bamberger

I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it.

Douglas Hyde

The minister of the Gospel is really the yardstick by which the nation measures its morals.

Jimmy Swaggart

These kids that have left are all good kids ... but they just weren't willing to pay the price that Tom Brands is going to make those guys pay. I mean, in order to be the best in the nation, it's going to be very uncomfortable.

Kevin Dresser

I was in shock when Coach (Dave) Boots told me about it. It's an amazing honor. There are so many good players in the nation. I still can't believe it.

Turner Trofholz

The nation has lost a committed civil and human rights activist whose life and contributions have made a significant difference.

Coretta Scott King

This is a sad day, not just for Kansas kids, but for Kansas. We're becoming a laughingstock not only of the nation but of the world.

Janet Waugh

Illinois has a long history of providing one of the most generous education benefit programs for veterans in the nation.

Jim Watson

We're beginning to fall behind as a nation in technology. If (the Challenger Center) can stimulate students to become more interested in math, science and technology, we've done our job.

Larry Porter

Austria is a ski nation, and everybody wants to talk or to be with an Olympic champion. It's a great thing.

Fritz Strobl

The Iranian nation is united on one thing. Iranians don't tolerate humiliation and threats.

Javad Vaeidi

We are a better Nation and the world is a safer place because of Ronald Reagan.

Thad Cochran

It's a little surprising to me that we blew them out with them being the No. 1 team in the nation.

Brian Thompson

This is the best feeling in the world. All week we said, 'Numbers don't mean anything.' They're fifth in the nation, but that didn't matter (last night).

Amy Heffner

Here, in the heartland of the nation, may we always be a people with heart.

Lorne Calvert

. . . unless there comes to the Nation a greater emancipation than Lincoln's Proclamation effected, it is doomed, it is bound to go down.

Francis J. Grimke

Right now it's my top choice. Middlebury is considered a Division III Ivy League school and it's ranked eighth in the top 10 of liberal arts schools in the nation.

Dave Demarkis

What California has done with paper trails has made a difference to the nation, and what California decides to do with them could make a difference nationally as well.

Dan Seligson

It had 1,000 years as an independent nation before the union.

Alex Salmond

Individuals may feel there is little they can do to influence the course of our country, but when we unite with believers from across the nation, the impact of our collective prayers can be substantial.

John Lind

If we identify another nation as the source of the bombing, we should retaliate.

Warren Christopher

Australia's personal tax system is holding the nation back.

John Stanhope

We actually called our bipartisan tax cut the October plan, because we believe that there's the makings here of a grand compromise, ... Face the Nation.

Robert Torricelli

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

Edward Vernon Rickenbacker

His creation, which has become an American icon, along with his work on film and on Broadway, has provided this nation with some of its greatest comedians.

Michael M. Kaiser

France is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside.

Gustave Courbet

Georgetown has given to our nation a native son who will be the first person of color to have a portrait to hang in our capitol.

Jim Clyburn

Our goal is to be the strongest athletics nation after England just edged us in Manchester.

Perry Crosswhite

They have three of the top forwards in the nation playing together and it's important that we shut that line down.

Brady Leisenring

The first decade of the 21st century is a defining moment for the Hispanic population and for the nation. We are in the midst of a Hispanic moment.

Marta Tienda

With his unique combination of charm and courage, George transformed our city, our nation and our world. His death is a great loss to all of us.

Douglas Elliott

Just patriotism, ... No matter what went down, we were supporting our own nation and land.

Bill Freeman

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

Elmer Davis

We are awaiting a donor of a liver that will be a suitable match for my blood type, O positive, the most common type in this nation.

Evel Knievel

I was intrigued by the opportunity to live and experience a country less well off than ours. And see firsthand the problems that plague a developing nation.

Evan Wilson

It's our destiny to explore. It's our destiny to be a space-faring nation.

Eugene Cernan

We are going to try to stop that law from passing. We're not going to be frustrated. We're going to use the legitimate means available to us, and make the whole nation know our stance.

Essam Mukhtar

In my heart, I believe Tech is one of the best 24 teams in the nation.

Erin Grant

Still on Israel's head forlorn,/ Every nation heaps its scorn.

Emma Lazarus

In liberating Iraq, we have rid the nation and the rest of the world from the danger of Saddam Hussein.

Elizabeth Dole

We are saying the same thing to everyone. We are waiting to see what the nation will decide and then we will weigh our options.

Eli Yishai

The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.

Edith Stein

You are part of an event that is happening all across the nation.

Edgar Ramirez

I think our bullpen is one of the better bullpens in the nation. Instead of just having guys in the bullpen, we actually have an idea of what innings we're going to throw, so we can prepare better and get stretched out.

Zechry Zinicola

The Chinese people will be busy with their own affairs for generations to come and there is no need at all for the country to threaten anybody or any nation.

Zheng Bijian