Nation Quotes

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.

The nation's morals are like its teeth: the more decayed they are the more it hurts to touch them.

Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation.

When two nations are fighting, the duty of a votary of ahimsa is to stop the war.

I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind.

What makes a nation in the beginning is a good piece of geography.

The German nation must live-that means export or die.

The battle beginning today will decide the fate of the German nation for the next thousand years.

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.

It is the press, above all, which wages a positively fanatical and slanderous struggle, tearing down everything which can be regarded as a support of national independence, cultural elevation, and the economic independence of the nation.

India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system.

If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.

Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?

The world has today 546 nuclear plants generating electricity. Their experience is being continuously researched, and feedback should be provided to all. Nuclear scientists have to interact with the people of the nation, and academic institutions continuously update nuclear power generation technology and safety.

Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?