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We don't bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don't dress well and we've no manners.

George Bernard Shaw

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

George Bernard Shaw

Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.

Benjamin Disraeli

It is well enough that the people of this nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.

Henry Ford

I believe this nation should commit itself, to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.

John F. Kennedy

Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.

John F. Kennedy

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

John F. Kennedy

No nation was ever drunk when wine was cheap.

Thomas Jefferson

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.

Mahatma Ghandi

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

George Washington

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

Mahatma Gandhi

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.

Mahatma Gandhi

The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.

Alexander Graham Bell

No nation is fit to sit in judgement upon any other nation.

Woodrow Wilson

A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools.

Thucydides

America is not merely a nation but a nation of nations.

Lyndon B. Johnson

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.

John Adams

No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.

George W. Bush

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.

Alexander Hamilton

It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!

Patrick Henry

Although our great man at the head of the nation, has changed his course, I will not change mine.

Davy Crockett

God is not on the side of any nation, yet we know He is on the side of justice. Our finest moments [as a nation] have come when we faithfully served the cause of justice for our own citizens, and for the people of other lands.

George W. Bush

Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.

George W. Bush

Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.

Bertrand Russell

We expect tomorrow's mission to be a flawless conclusion to a program that has supported the nation for pretty much half a century.

Pat Smith

It's unreal. In a couple days it's really going to sink in that we did it, we're the best team in the nation.

Tonton Balenga

That says a lot about the program that Jeff came back. He's a clutch player and I think he's got a chance to be one of the best catchers in the nation.

Rich Maloney

If the chiefs are united-the nation would follow suit.

Ratu Ovini Bokini

By carrying the torch, you will be bridging cultural and social barriers, and all the boundaries that separate nation from nation.

Carl Lewis

This sends a message that we should be monitoring this as a nation, and we don't do it. States have no idea about the knowledge and skills of their college graduates.

Joni Finney

And mankind is naught but a single nation.

Quran

To hang in there for 37 minutes with one of the top programs in the nation, we felt good about what we did. We've come a long way in three years, though we're not where we want to be.

Wendell Early

For me, there's no distinction between English and British. We are the biggest nation in the world that plays this game and we want someone who can really move us on.

Dave Richards

A liberal education... frees a man from the prison-house of his class, race, time, place, background, family and even his nation.

Robert M. Hutchins

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

Pope John Paul Ii

Outside the kingdom of the Lord thee is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.

Haile Selassie

It took far too long for this book to be written. But it also took a long time for Germany as a nation to be able to look clearly at what happened in the Nazi era.

Otto Schily

Mississippi desperately needs it. We don't have the luxury of oil companies behind us like Louisiana. We're still the poorest state in the nation.

Sela Ward

I made efforts to swallow tears and to protect the species of the Japanese nation.

Hirohito

In the U.S. presently there are only a few places where citizens can act in this fashion and have a say in our nation.

Dan Dewalt

He's a brutal Marxist dictator. He's teamed up with Fidel Castro. He's trying to split our nation.

Michael Heath

Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class.

Annie Besant

I'm happy I've been all my life with my nation, was respected and honored by my nation, could be useful and help my people.

Islom Karimov

In any case, fighting will not settle whether the claims were just or unjust. It will only settle which nation can mobilize and handle its fighting forces and its economic forces the better.

Rufus Jones

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

Reinhold Niebuhr

If some of the capabilities can be provided by the host nation, or are not required, then we can tailor our force and mission requirements around that.

Rear Admiral Marc Purcell

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.

Marian Wright Edelman

If the people of Bangladesh give us the responsibility of running the nation, we will accept it.

Abdur Rahman

Our last place team could have probably won many conferences across the nation. That's the good thing about it (Big Ten). It spears the athletes on and pushes them to better performances and that is why we are here.

Jack L. Warner

The nice thing about it is that it's going to be one of two emergency rooms designed this way in the nation.

Shannon Mitchell

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

Alexis De Tocqueville

The tunes Johannesburg is playing are the new sounds of a new nation.

Donald Reid

Pennsylvania has become the third-slowest growing state in the nation.

Ronald Bailey

Slobodan is the son of the Serbian nation and should be laid to rest in his country. He cannot be erased from history as some want.

Borislav Milosevic

WOMEN must be at the forefront of nation-building to bring the South African citizenry together and, therefore, develop a whole new ethos of human co-existence.

Steve Biko

We live in a prosperous nation, but people have mortgaged their future. Debt is standing in the way of a brighter future. ... People haven't been taught delayed gratification.

Greg Petsch

The nation was totally mobilized for war.

Robert Sklar

A debtor stands before you. I am one of the civilians who are in your debt. You protected our nation.

Martin Boire

When I came here almost nine years ago our economy was troubled and our nation was divided.

Rodney King

No modern nation has ever constructed a foreign policy that was acceptable to its intellectuals.

Irving Kristol

Some nation states prohibit the police from collecting information on their own citizens. But they don't prohibit their own intelligence organizations from collecting information on their own citizens.

Bob Ayers

Our culture defines us as an independent nation. So it's troubling that it is barely on this government's radar.

Stephen Waddell

My government's action got the Peacemakers into this. Perhaps Tom was used as a message to the nation that took the lead in the war.

Carol Rose

The president just mentioned the technologies we do here are technologies that will help the nation use less petroleum. There's some importance that's been attached to that.

George Douglas

We are not looking for power, ... We are not looking for prestige. We are here because we care very, very deeply about the nation. ... We love God, we love our neighbors and we act out of a love of God and love of our neighbors.

Chuck Colson

It's clear that the economic impacts from the hurricanes will stretch well beyond the Gulf Coast region to all corners of the nation and beyond. Of great concern for the economy is the mood of the U.S. consumer.

Scott Anderson

The number one problem facing our nation today.

Mona Williams

There's nothing like it in the nation, and we all feel lucky.

Jamie Christensen

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

Vladimir Lenin

I'm not really surprised about the ranking. How good is it here? It's so good that we have a higher inflation rate than the nation.

Paul Brewbaker

Locally, we have a higher concentration (of manufacturing jobs) than the rest of the nation. When there's a manufacturing downturn, we feel it.

John Slenker

Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!

George Gissing

Some of the nicest people I met with in Africa were members of the Nation of Islam. You have to believe that sincere people, that good people, can hold bad beliefs.

Tucker Carlson

Carter's approach is to try to decide what was best for the nation.

Merle Black

I really think we have one of the best defensive infields in the nation.

Pete Dunn

There's no doubt that we have, as we always do in the nation, reacted to the reality of 9/11 here in the country as an aviation incident. There are other vulnerabilities to be dealt with.

James Loy

We want to win and devote our World Cup berth to our nation.

Mateja Kezman

The people aren't moving toward the coast, the coast is moving toward the people. People have been put in harm's way for the economic interest of the rest of the nation.

Robert Twilley

It should be a challenging schedule for us. We're playing teams from all over the nation.

Chris Huesman

Cheapen our right to call ourselves a civilized nation.

Cherie Booth

I will devote my body and soul to the service of the people and the nation.

Norodom Sihamoni

We fired the shot that will be heard around the nation. What we need to do is to say no to the federal government - and not just in New Hampshire, but in many other states.

Rep. Neal Kurk

In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile.

Hunter S. Thompson

I see this as the greatest challenge we have as a nation.

Neal Lane

This nation is poised to trash the first amendment just to stop my preaching. I'm kind of honored.

Fred Phelps

We hope to beat our score last year and do better than eighth in the nation.

Sarah Lewis

Why should Ireland be treated as a geographical fragment of England - Ireland is not a geographical fragment, but a nation.

Charles Stewart Parnell

This will not be as generous as people think, ... Face the Nation.

Donna Shalala

They're trying to inject the Nation of Islam as some kind of a buzz word into this.

Mark Geragos

No nation ever taxed itself into prosperity.

Rush Limbaugh

These were great men that had dedicated their lives to serving the nation. We don't think we need to mourn anymore.

Mwansa Mbulakulima

President Bush and Mrs. Bush are deeply saddened by the news. It's a tremendous loss for our nation.

Dan Bartlett

These books are going to rock the nation. Elly and Ray are two of the three jurors who initially voted for guilty.

Larry Garrison

They have one of the most physical teams in the nation. On the other hand, we have one of the fastest teams in the nation.

Scott Jacko

Our men and women in uniform put their lives on the line for our nation every day; they should not have to jeopardize their financial well-being as well.

Mark Pryor

One nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Michael Newdow

This is the best example of what can happen when public institutions and private institutions, like my company, learn to work together for the good of the community and the nation.

David Murdock

This nation will be shaken like it has not been shaken before. There are leaders, many leaders of the church, many ministers, who will die prematurely.

Pastor Ferdinand Nicholls

As the entire nation responds to those devastated by Hurricane Katrina, the community and technical colleges of Alabama will extend our help to students whose education has been dramatically interrupted..

Roy Johnson

In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.

Marianne Williamson

South Korea is seen as a U.S. ally and would not be seen as a neutral nation in the eyes of many of the countries in the world.

Ralph Cossa

The schedule is set up for singles or doubles to compete against highly ranked teams in the nation.

John Severance

DICTATOR, n. The chief of a nation that prefers the pestilence of despotism to the plague of anarchy.

Ambrose Bierce

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

Norman Douglas

A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a family; he cannot govern a family unless he can govern himself; and he cannot govern himself unless his passions are subject to reason.

Hugo Grotius

They are an excellent team. Obviously they are some of the best players in the nation. It's not very often that you get this kind of opportunity, let alone win.

Jennifer Rockwood

The number one critical infrastructure on line is the Internet. Our nation is tied globally to Internet, as is communication and commerce.

Ron Dolin

The National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans gives everyone a chance to let those who have given the nation so much know that their sacrifices are not forgotten.

Michael Winn

Things worked from the beginning. It fed on itself. It was the whole team. It had to be to beat a top-ranked team in the nation.

John Errecart

The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest is he who corrupts it.

Sir Joshua Reynolds

We are facing serious danger from the rain, ... We are staying on alert in nearly every part of the nation.

Ricardo Maduro

It is never too early to begin influencing the policies of our nation.

John Linder

Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane.

Howard Zinn

I consider him one of the best coaches in the nation. Through competitions we also have become good friends.

James Wagoner

We ought to change the legend on our money from "In God We Trust" to "In Money We Trust"; Because, as a nation, we've got far more faith in money these days than we do in God.

Art Hoppe

This is very important. Israel is a democratic nation and we must maintain those civil liberties. They apply even to terrorists when they are caught. And Israeli courts strictly enforce those civil liberties.

Ron Habler

The importance of the river cannot be overstated in the history of the country, or the development of the nation.

Maurice Hinchey

People certainly have legitimate concerns about the war in Iraq, and our state is very diverse when it comes to trade issues, ... The war has been divisive, not just in our state, but in our nation.

Paul Berendt

We're not doing it because we're a charity. We're doing it because we're a New Zealand company and it's in our interests that New Zealand is better off and more competitive as a nation.

Lloyd Morrison

We as a nation--government working with the private sector--must do more to accelerate this technology and make it accessible to American drivers.

Sue Cischke

The government must speak for you, and the nation, which are the same. That is the law.

Atsuko Abe

Without a land base you're not a people, you're not a nation. That's been a struggle for our people for over a century now.

David Chartrand

A people without a language of its own, is only half a nation.

Thomas Osborne Davis

The Akaka bill would be devastating to Hawaii, but it is also dangerous for the rest of America. That's because the bill breaks new legal ground with a theory of the Constitution that would speed up the balkanization of our nation.

Ken Conklin

We, as individuals, are fast losing our reputation for honest dealing. Our nation is losing its character. The loss of a firm national character, or the degredation of a nation's honour, is the inevitable prelude to her destruction.

William Wells Brown

North Central is the class of the state right now, if not in the nation.

Tom Burchill

Pull this nation together now.

Lyndon Larouche

I conclude that there now is a combination of conditions that will reasonably assure the appearance of Dr. Lee as required and the safety of the community and the nation.

James Parker

Let us not forget the great tragedy that has befallen this nation, ... restoring the public confidence that this marketplace will be up and functioning.

Richard Grasso

He wanted total state control, and we're a sovereign nation.

Michell Hicks

I have been looking forward to this since my freshman year, because Texas had the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation, and we were second. So this will decide which one was better.

Nate Salley

Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.

Susan B. Anthony

Justice is the bread of the nation, it is always hungry for it.

François R. Chateaubriand

The sanctuaries, the assets and the wealth of the (Islamic) nation have been violated and spoiled by the heinous infidels and their agents in the apostate governments.

Al qaeda

We as a nation are not as oil dependant as we were back then.

Christopher Thornberg

There are programs like this all over the nation. The premise behind it is improvement of the self ... improvement of the community.

Andrew Speller

They don't let us inside... they don't give us a chance to put our case. They forget those of the Turkish nation killed by Armenians.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The universal franchise is a bad idea. The notion that the destiny of the nation should be put in the hands of ignoramuses, parasites, boobs, party hacks and idiots is absurd on its face.

Charley Reese

It's the wave of the future, ... I'm excited about what's happening in our nation.

Gresham Barrett

They have refused to negotiate. These are not the actions of a nation that wants peace.

Yemane Gebremeskel

There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice.

Grover Cleveland

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a grant of any government or document, but is an endowment from God.

John Ashcroft

It gave us a lot of confidence. We played against one of the best teams in the nation and this will give us a lot of confidence going into next weekend.

Lauren Hines

If you can announce the seasons or the birth of a child, you can certainly announce the reasons for the birth of a nation.

Luke Lirot

When you play the No. 1 team in the nation, kids get focused.

Randy Tribble

Personal responsibility is a difficult thing to ask for in a nation which has attempted to find a societal "root cause" for all things.

Shapley R. Hunter

The basic dream of many Colombians is to have a secure nation, without exclusions, with equity, and without hatred.

Alvaro Uribe Velez

It sends a message that our people want change. It has been a success of the people and a success for the democracy of our nation.

Mireya Moscoso

Her public service announcement for us went out all over the nation.

Charles Ray

This will help kids understand the importance of bridge construction, cost and that West Virginia leads the nation in bridge design and bridge inspection. And it's something we could all be proud of.

Terri Lively

Our nation is owed an apology for our state's role in starting the abortion holocaust.

Diane Hochevar

Lifestyle is a huge contributor to the health of the nation and male fertility is just one area adversely affected by an unhealthy lifestyle.

Ann Robinson

Basically they are advocating for a separate nation within a nation.

Tim Donnelly

We have to move beyond the grainy black-and-white approach of blaming lyrics. We need to move forward and apply full-spectrum, high-definition solutions to the challenges facing our nation.

Krist Novoselic

Our goal is to spread the risk out as far as possible across the nation. It's clearly not a partisan issue.

John Garamendi

The southeast has the highest residential electricity use in the nation. We consume more electricity, more coal-fired electricity in the south. That's why it's such a great place to begin. If we can cut the bills in half here, we can lead the nation.

Jeff Barrie

I sincerely believe that this is the last chance to keep this island community, older than the nation itself, from slipping away into history.

Chris Rich

Sharon has transformed his image from that of a headstrong adventurer into a father of the nation. Like a good wine, he has aged well.

Dominique Moisi

Fair-share health care is going to sweep the nation.

Vincent Demarco

This has been a tough year for many of our farmers in North Dakota and across the nation.

Kent Conrad

This (policy) is an old dinosaur that is an embarrassment to the nation.

Sgt. Steve Maynard

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.

Marcus Garvey

He's their guy, the offense goes through him. He's one of the best players in the nation right now and he's got a great game. It's a challenge.

Matthew Gipson

The most sacred moment for the nation.

Chandrika Kumaratunga

We have to innovate. No nation can be successful unless they are involved in innovative and creative activities.

Najib Tun Razak

The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.

George Mcgovern

We're helping a nation that was being murdered by a madman. He was a dictator that needed to be removed.

Gary Peabody

Ed typified firefighters of this nation and the volunteer fire department by trying to help somebody before helping himself.

Tony Correia

We must be the conscience of our nation. We've got to help somebody. That's what Dr. King would want us to do.

John Jordan

In short, chemistry and chemical engineering contribute in critical ways to the economic strength, security, and well being of the nation.

David Wu

We are extremely excited to announce the Frozen Four Skills Challenge and look forward to this event. This should be an outstanding event featuring some of the top college hockey players in the nation, both male and female, and will add to the fan experience to make this into a full weekend of exciting hockey action.

Tom Jacobs

An individual, in promoting his own interest, may injure the public interest; a nation, in promoting the general welfare, may check the interest of a part of its members.

Friedrich List

I just do not see a sense of urgency in industry reflective of the fact that we are a nation at war.

Donald Winter

It is just a political maneuver that will not contribute anything significant to the nation and state.

Ahmad Rofiq

A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.

Frederick Douglass

I'll be talking about how the cost-competitiveness of the nation is in jeopardy. Many companies are moving to Canada because they have socialized health care.

Ravi Sahay

A great leader for our country because what he's saying is, you know, with all due respect, we don't think that this is right for our nation.

Tom Daschle

Is the foundation of our judicial system as well as the founding of our nation, and that to remove it is in violation of the First Amendment.

Brian Chavez

They're a good team, I ain't going to lie. At first I had my doubts that they were a legit No. 2, but after today I know they really deserve to be the No. 2 team in the nation.

David Overstreet

We were respected as the most disinterested and charitable nation in the world.

Robert A. Taft

He baby-sat a nation.

Russell Johnson

The county's income is declining because manufacturing is declining, and manufacturing is declining ... as something we value as a nation. The Big Three are having less and less of an impact in Macomb County, and the auto industry in general has less and less of an impact on the nation's economy.

Jim Jacobs

They're the No. 1 team in the nation.

Mark Curlett

We want to be the top nation in Europe and I think the challenge is also to beat the Australians because they have invested heavily in sport.

Craig Reedie

What's unique about this center is that it is one of the few, if not only, free standing black cultural centers in the nation.

Ron Parker

The future of our nation depends on our ability to produce food and fiber to sustain the world.

Phil Bredesen

Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in our nation.

Mary Bono

This is a freedom of speech issue, and we're going to use the First Amendment to declare that abortion is murder. We're going to do it in front of the courthouse and courtroom, and we're going to do it across the nation.

Troy Newman

The president realizes the importance of recognizing American Jewish contributions to this nation.

Blair Jones

That's what happens when you play the No. 1 (defense) in the nation. It was tough out there, and we just didn't get it done.

Hunter Cantwell

One of the largest mental health care providers in the nation is Los Angeles County jail system.

David Doolen

We are not a nation that likes war. We just want everybody to be on his own side.

Camille Chamoun

He has the best wishes of the entire nation. Let's hope he recovers very soon.

Somnath Chatterjee

In my eye, China is a nation that can always be a friend and partner of Africa.

Alpha Oumar Konare

This is the best thing that ever happened to the Liberal Party. Now, the entire Filipino nation can tell who among us joined the Liberal Party for political convenience and who joined for principles and conviction.

Franklin Drilon

This result permits us to have a more relaxed atmosphere before we play our last game against the host nation.

Henri Michel

Look at the media we're attracting. This is not positive media, folks, this is negative media. We're becoming the laughingstock not only of the nation, but of the world, and I hate that.

Janet Waugh

New sacrifice in the interest of the nation.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Under-age drinking is becoming acceptable - and the implications for the health of the nation are dire.

Theresa May

It was a great experience playing against some of the top players in the nation, you can't beat that.

Johann Jones