Victor Hugo Quotes

I truly believe we can be the greatest nation on Earth.

It is by no means necessary that a great nation should always stand at the heroic level. But no nation has the root of greatness in it unless in time of need it can rise to the heroic mood.

It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest', but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.

A strong nation is one that is loved by its people and, as Edmund Burke put it, for a country to be loved it ought to be lovely.

The Philippines, it might be said, is a country in search of an identity.

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Great countries are those that produce great people.

Augustine says that you don't understand a nation by the throw weight of its military or the strength of its research universities or the size of its population, but by looking at what it loves in common. To assess a nation, you look at the health and strength of its ideals. And there's no question that the common love in America is freedom.

We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today.

The country is the people.

Our nation has a message. That is why it can never be an average nation. Throughout history our nation has either soared to the heights or fallen into the abyss through the envy, conspiracy and enmity of others.

Nations are not truly great solely because the individuals composing them are numerous, free, and active; but they are great when these numbers, this freedom, and this activity are employed in the service of an ideal higher than that of an ordinary man, taken by himself.

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.

We are a great, powerless country.

I come from a wonderful country with wonderful people.

Americans, perhaps more than most people, have pondered the question of who they are and what their country is.

The German countryside must be preserved under all circumstances, for it is and has forever been the source of strength and greatness of our people.

It was a long hard bumpy road, but this great country kept me inspired with its beauty, character, and spirit, driving me to keep marching on and devoted to sing about its people and places that make Canada the greatest country in the world.

There's nothing wrong with loving your country. There's nothing wrong with caring about who gets into your country. There's nothing wrong about wanting your country to be great. There's nothing wrong with thinking that the country comes before the world. There's nothing wrong at all, and that's been wrong in the past and we're gonna make it right. We're gonna love America, we're gonna unify, we're gonna make America great again.

I have never lost faith in America's essential goodness and greatness.

Earth's biggest country 's gut her soul, An' risen up earth's greatest nation.

The entire country may disagree with me, but I don't understand the necessity for patriotism. Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country? I don't see why people care about patriotism.

This country will kill you in a heartbeat and still people love it.

Imagine what our country could accomplish if we started working together as one people under one God saluting one American flag.

America is a miracle country. And we have to restore the sense that the Amiracle (ph) will apply to you. Each and every one of the people in this country who's watching tonight, lift everybody, unite everybody and build a stronger United States of America again. It will be and can be done.