"There is nothing so extreme that is not allowed by the custom of some nation or other."
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"We are a nation of laws."
"Friends are nations in themselves."
"If people get together, so eventually will nations."
"Liberty and equality are magical words."
"That nation is great which rests its head upon death as its pillow."
"I have recognized that the nation has the right, if it so wills, to vindicate her freedom even by actual violence."
"Great nations don't have to remind others of their greatness. They merely have to be great."
"There is no nation in the whole world desiring war."
"We are not a nation that says 'don't ask, don't tell.' We are a nation that says 'out of many, we are one.'"
"Nations are more successful when their women are successful."
"I will work every single day to make sure that America continues to be the greatest nation on earth."
"Our alliances and partnerships are not directed against any nation."
"We are a nation at war - and we should act like it."
"It takes more than a few generations to change a human nation. Those who are intent to bring (change) will do so."
"There is no topicmore soporific and generally boring than the topic of Ireland as Ireland, as a nation."
"The English nation is never so great as in adversity."
"London; a nation, not a city."
"No nation has ever been ruined by trade."
"Being formed into a nation takes some doing."