Nation quotes

Discover inspirational quotes that celebrate unity, diversity, and patriotism from influential figures across the globe on our quote website's Nation category.

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.

- George W. Bush

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

- John Adams

We are a nation that seeks out solutions and refuses to ignore challenges.

- Chris Chocola

Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.

- Adrian Cronauer

The doom of a nation can be averted only by a storm of flowing passion, but only those who are passionate themselves can arouse passion in others.

- Adolf Hitler

I'm Chinese-American, of course, and so it's very interesting to see China actually launch their own astronauts, becoming the third nation, following the United States and Russia, to do so.

- Leroy Chiao

Well, you know, I think in conversations with members of the Senate and others, they all recognize that the issue of immigration is important. It's important to our nation, it's important to our public safety, it's important to our security, it's important to our economic well-being moving forward. And it's not something that's going to go away.

- Janet Napolitano

This nation is never finished. It has to be re-created in each generation.

- Lee H. Hamilton

No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers, but many have been brought to ruin and reduced to slavery by suffering gradual impositions and abuses.

- Edward Livingston

I realized that in those nine seasons I started out at about 225 pounds and I felt, you know, full figured fabulous woman but in those seasons I gained 75 pounds up to over 300 pounds all in front of the nation.

- Star Jones

I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation.

- Howard Cosell

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

- Sun Tzu

Television has created a nation of news junkies who tune in every night to get their fix on the world.

- Robert MacNeil

We are a small nation, but strong.

- Moshe Dayan

The achievements we forge in this place and in our nation will not be those of one person or one party.

- Paul Martin

A good nation I will make live.

- Black Elk

Yet, Puerto Rico's economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is in a state of arrest - even though the island has been within the national borders, political system and customs territory of the U.S. for a century.

- Dick Thornburgh

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.

- Alan Paton

I always said that Wahhabism is unacceptable for the Chechen nation.

- Akhmad Kadyrov

Our nation's infrastructure needs are tremendous, and they're growing.

- Bill Lipinski

It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation.

- Lord John Russell

A threatened nation can react to uncertain dangers solely through administrative channels, to the truly embarrassing situation of perhaps overreacting.

- Jurgen Habermas

I am always the 'good guy,' and I take on the idiotic jerks of the nation.

- Wally George

The price of crude oil accounts for 55 percent of the price of a gallon of gasoline, driven by global supply and demand. The United States depends on foreign sources of oil for 62 percent of our nation's supply. By 2010, this is projected to jump to 75 percent.

- Gary Miller

Following the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, $3 per gallon gasoline became common and our nation has come under considerable strain.

- Paul Gillmor

Preserving and protecting the state tobacco settlement funds is the nation's Governors highest priority.

- Mel Carnahan

Our nation must come together to unite.

- George W. Bush

I remain attached to my nation.

- Lionel Jospin

Illinois corn farmers are the Nation's number two exporter of feed grains.

- John Shimkus

To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation.

- Benjamin Spock