"The woman is the fiber of the nation. She is the producer of life. A nation is only as good as its women."
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"I am the living attestation of the American dream. I am the extolment of this great nation."
"We can't encourage narrow mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought."
"When a nation or family is about to flourish, there are sure to be happy omens; and when it is about to perish, there are sure to be unlucky omens."
"A love of tradition has never weakened a nation."
"It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish Nation."
"Nothing will demoralize the nation so much as that we should learn to despise labour."
"And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation."
"The French, for example, are a contemptible nation."
"Henceforth the leaves of the tree of knowledge were for women, and for the healing of the nations."
"Creating a nation requires the will of the people."
"War never leaves where it found a nation."
"Terrorists cannot threaten the survival of a great nation."
"A nation of shopkeepers are very seldom so disinterested."
"The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so."
"Nations have their ego, just like individuals."
"Word to the Nation: Guard zealously your right to serve in the Armed Forces, for without them, there will be no other rights to guard."
"Architecture is the work of nations"
"Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation."
"A nation for a continent, and a continent for a nation."