Nation Quotes

A man will perhaps tolerate an offensive word applied to himself, but will be infuriated if his nation, his rank, or his profession is insulted.

The safety of the world requires a new unity in Europe, from which no nation should be permanently outcast.

The only man in the world to have received the head of a nation naked.

When a country collapses, the chaos reproduces itself in every microcosm.

A nation without a conscience is a nation without a soul. A nation without a soul is a nation that cannot live.

Much might be said for and against the two-Party system. But no one can doubt that it adds to the stability and cohesion of the State. The alternation of Parties in power, like the rotation of crops, has beneficial results. Each of the two Parties has services to render in the development of the national life; and the succession of new and different points of view is a real benefit to the country.

These are the qualifications of a good Party man-you must know how to put your Party before yourself, and you must know the occasions when to put nation before Party.

Since 1911 much more than a quarter of a century had passed, and still mortal peril threatened us at the hands of the same nation.....once again we must fight for life and honour against all the might and fury of the valiant, disciplined, and ruthless German race. Once again! So be it.

The House will feel profound sorrow at the fate of the great French nation and people to whom we have been joined so long in war and peace, and whom we have regarded as trustees with ourselves for the progress of a liberal culture and tolerant civilization of Europe.

I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes.

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

That until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation. Until the colour of a man's skin is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes. Me say war.

We did some massive flirting in front of the nation, but there was never anything more than that.

There is no more debilitating, crushing, self-defeating, sickening thing in the world - to an individual or to a nation.

As man advances in civilization, and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual that he ought to extend his social instincts and sympathies to all members of the same nation, though personally unknown to him. This point being once reached, there is only an artificial barrier to prevent his sympathies extending to the men of all nations and races.

The nation is divided, half patriots and half traitors, and no man can tell which from which.

The redeeming feature of war is that it puts a nation to the test. As exposure to the atmosphere reduces all mummies to instant dissolution, so war passes supreme judgment upon social systems that have outlived their vitality.

A nation that enslaves another forges its own chains.

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.

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.