Short quotations about, nation - Page 2

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We Americans live in a nation where…

15 Feb , 2011  

We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it. Great short quote and quotation by: Dave Barry , US columnist & humorist (1947 – […]

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We are not afraid to entrust the Am…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. Great short quote and quotation by: John F. […]

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Carl Sandburg

When a nation goes down, or a socie…

15 Feb , 2011  

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along. Great short quote and quotation by: Carl Sandburg , US biographer & poet (1878 – 1967)

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals, 1824

When a whole nation is roaring Patr…

15 Feb , 2011  

When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals, 1824 , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

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Norman Douglas, South Wind, 1917

You can tell the ideals of a nation…

27 Apr , 2010  

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. Great short quote and quotation by: Norman Douglas, South Wind, 1917 ,

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