To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.
~ Louis L'amour
Having been part of this wonderful show ever since series one, I know all too well what it's like to perform to the nation on the famous 'Strictly Come Dancing' dancefloor.
~ Anton Du Beke
Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation.
~ Charles B. Rangel
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
~ Confucius
Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
Discipline and united action are the real source of strength for the nation.
~ Lal Bahadur Shastri
I realized then that the generations may change but the strength of our nation remains solid.
~ Jane D. Hull
I'm very optimistic because I think that the real strength of a nation like the United States comes from blending cultures. There's no way that you can close the frontiers anywhere. The borders are there to be violated permanently.
~ Isabel Allende
Germany's strength lies largely in the fact that the Federal Republic is a center of industry and that it's an export nation.
~ Angela Merkel
The strength of the nation ultimately depends upon the strength of family and community.
~ Jeff Fortenberry
A nation will rise no higher than the strength of its homes.
Israel is the strongest nation in the Middle East, but we have to apply our strength wisely.
~ Ehud Barak
I will continue to push for doubling the strength of the U.S. Border Patrol, and to make sure that every cargo container that enters this nation is screened for radiation and potential weapons of mass destruction.
~ Nick Lampson
The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.
~ Ernest Renan
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
~ Abraham Lincoln
China, as a nation, is a country under the one-party rule of the Communist Party, but it has introduced the market economy. As a country that is under the one-party rule of the Communist Party, normally what they should be seeking is equality of results.
~ Shinzo Abe
A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
~ Ai Weiwei
Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public.
~ Henry Knox
Educate the masses, elevate their standard of intelligence, and you will certainly have a successful nation.
~ Alexander Graham Bell
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
Legislation passed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 enhanced our intelligence capabilities and strengthened our national defense, but until now our nation's immigration policies have not adapted to the needs of a post-September 11th world.
Scotland is not a region of the U.K.; Scotland is a nation, and if we cannot protect our interests within a U.K. that is going to be changing fundamentally, then that right of Scotland to consider the options of independence has to be there.
~ Nicola Sturgeon
China not only fights for her own independence, but also for the liberation of every oppressed nation. For us, the Atlantic Charter and President Roosevelt's proclamation of the Four Freedoms for all peoples are corner-stones of our fighting faith.
~ Chiang Kai-Shek
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.
~ Doc Hastings
The beliefs expressed in the Declaration of Independence remain a standard for our nation today. They also remain a standard for those nations across the globe striving to achieve democracy.
~ Paul Gillmor
The problem with living in a fast-food nation is that we expect food to be cheap.
~ Alice Waters
I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.
~ Jonathan Swift
The Rosicrucians teach that all great religions have been given to the people among whom they are found, by Divine Intelligences who designed each system of worship to suit the needs of the race or nation to whom it was given. A primitive people cannot respond to a lofty and sublime religion, and vice versa.
~ Max Heindel
Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.
~ Mark Twain
We young Filipinos are trying to make over a nation and must not halt in our march, but from time to time turn our gaze upon our elders. We shall wish to read in their countenances approval of our actions.
~ José Rizal
No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you.
~ Muhammad Ali Jinnah
No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting, and burning alleged offenders.
~ Ida B. Wells
Empowering the individual means empowering the nation. And empowerment is best served through rapid economic growth with rapid social change.
~ Atal Bihari Vajpayee
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.
~ Herodotus
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.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
There comes a time in the life of every nation when it stands at the crossroads of history and must choose which way to go.
The importance of the river cannot be overstated in the history of the country, or the development of the nation.
~ Maurice Hinchey
Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.
~ Haile Selassie
