Nation Quotes - page 8

The PATRIOT Act brought down the wall separating intelligence agencies from law enforcement and other entities charged with protecting the Nation from terrorism. (Chris Chocola)
In the over two centuries since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, millions of Americans have bravely served our nation in uniform so that all generations can continue to enjoy those same liberties. View quote
Doc Hastings
On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind. View quote
Dan Lipinski
All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation - and world - for the better. View quote
Eliot Engel
Farmers in Missouri and across the country must comply with a variety of federal, state, and local regulations as they grow the crops and raise the livestock that we depend on to feed the nation and the world. View quote
Ike Skelton
Our nation's military and law enforcement personal work hard to protect us. We must thank them for their continued vigilance. Without their sacrifice we would less capable of protecting our nation. View quote
Leonard Boswell
No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July. View quote
Mac Thornberry
Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one. View quote
Maria Weston Chapman
While nothing is certain, I firmly believe our nation is on the verge of a nuclear energy renaissance. View quote
Michael K. Simpson
These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror. View quote
Michael N. Castle
As a people of faith, we know that prayer is a powerful instrument. And as one Nation under God, we know that many times our most powerful tool is prayer. (Nick Rahall)
Nigeria is a West African nation of over 100 million energetic people. It is endowed with lots of natural resources but lacks human resources. View quote
Philip Emeagwali
There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to be of virtue sufficient to redeem the nation in this its darkest hour: one only; I know of no other to which we may rationally trust for relief from impending dangers without and within. View quote
Robert Dale Owen
From the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge, to the mountains of Afghanistan and the deserts of Iraq, our soldiers have courageously answered when called, gone where ordered, and defended our nation with honor. View quote
Solomon Ortiz
However, in recent years our nation has seen a sizable influx of illegal immigration that at best highlights some alarming inadequacies and at worst indicates a broken system. View quote
Spencer Bachus
The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care. View quote
Sue Kelly
We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation. View quote
Tim Bishop
Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. View quote
Townsend Harris
The dissolution of the nation destroys the national religion, and dethrones the national deity. View quote
William Robertson Smith
Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation. View quote
Zebulon Pike
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. If we want the Arms Act to be repealed, if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. If the middle classes render voluntary help to Government in the hour of its trial, distrust will disappear, and the ban on possessing arms will be withdrawn. (Mahatma Gandhi)
...We are in one world. We are one nation. And therefore, what's common in between us, what should be common among us, is love and peace. View quote
Tawakkol Karman
However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbour, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the whole British Empire in war simply on her account. If we have to fight it must be on larger issues than that. View quote
Neville Chamberlain
The truth is that Oxford is simply a very beautiful city in which it is convenient to segregate a certain number of the young of the nation while they are growing up. View quote
Evelyn Waugh
I never revolted in vain, as a rebel or as a tyrant, but I rose seeking reformation for the nation of my grandfather Muhammad. I intend to enjoin good and forbid evil, to act according to the traditions of my grandfather, and my father ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib. View quote
Husayn ibn Ali