Alan Wolfe Quotes

We are a small nation, but strong.

China has been weakened to an extreme degree, and all we have is the hearts and minds of the people. If we cast them aside, what do we have to sustain our country?

I believe that a strong man makes a strong country.

Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it.

National service is America at its best.

For my part, I do not believe that the country is in danger. I think England is safe in the race of men who inhabit her; that she is safe in something much more precious than her accumulated capital — her accumulated experience; she is safe in her national character, in her fame, in the traditions of a thousand years, and in that glorious future which I believe awaits her.

Anyone who assumes that this country is standing still is not a good American, or rather, he is an apathetic and dead one and makes no contribution to the society.

I think there are few things more patriotic than taking the time to make your country a better place.

Americans are proud of this country. They want to see things get better, and they want to be part of that turnaround. That's what America Speaking Out is all about.

I'm not a believer in bringing back the draft. But I am a huge proponent of national service.

Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great.

But this country is a great country and will always rebound.

How could I remain a spectator while Singapore faces such complex challenges? How could I not step forward when I know I have more to contribute to the country we all worked to build?

America is a powerful country. America is a great country. We have enormous resiliency. Any time we have had our back to the wall, we have come out a winner.

The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people.

I was raised to believe that we all have a civic duty and a responsibility as Americans to improve our neighborhoods and our nation.

All the evils of France have been produced less by the perversity of the wicked and the violence of fools than by the hesitation of the weak, the compromises of conscience, and the tardiness of patriotism. Let every deputy, every Frenchman show what he feels, what he thinks, and we are saved!

I'm trying to encourage my children's generation and the other ones coming to return to basic American principles.

I was educated to think maybe Brazil works, maybe it doesn't. But I decided I am going to make this country work for my children. I am investing all my effort now in making Brazil a great country.

We thought I was going to be a great athlete, and we were wrong, and I thought I was going to be a great entertainer, and that wasn't it either. I'm going to be an American Citizen. First class.

We are tasked to rebuild not just a damaged economy, and a debt-ridden balance sheet, but to do so by drawing forth the best that is in our fellow citizens. If we would summon the best from Americans, we must assume the best about them. If we don't believe in Americans, who will?

We've got to unite our country again, because we're stronger when we are united and we are weaker when we are divided.

I am struck that so many of our leaders in the U.S. forget how strong our country can be.

The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common government.