Mao Zedong Quotes

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.

Whoever is president, my first priority is the same - as always. I look for what's best for West Virginia and the nation as a whole.

We are such a large country that it is sometimes hard for us to realize that we are one nation, and that the interests of one part of the country, though they may be at variance with other parts, must react on each other and are therefore of interest to all men and women everywhere in the United States.

The only person who can get a country as diverse as ours to rise above narrow interests is the President of the United States.

I can no longer be called the President of a party. I am now the president of the whole people.

It's hard to mobilize various interest groups ... when its for the benefit of everyone.

The people of this country come first—not the institutions.

Government is just people acting on behalf of others rather than acting on behalf of themselves.

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.

The two great political parties of the nation have existed for the purpose, each in accordance with its own principles, of undertaking to serve the interests of the whole nation.

Our Union cannot safely stand on the cold calculation of interest alone.

The will of 1.3 billion Chinese people cannot be infringed upon.

The people's army is not merely an organ for fighting; it is also an organ for the political advancement of the party

Our fate as a nation and our future as a people rest not upon one citizen but upon all citizens.

Our common responsibility is to put Europe's interests first.

The first obligation is to the French people and establish solidarity among our own citizens.

If we want the Republic to be solid, we must first build its foundation. We need not look abroad for this foundation; we should seek it in the hearts of all the people of the nation.

None of us has any personal interest above the interests of the country. Our country is more important than our careers.

I can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country.

I believe people want a President for all Americans. And so I'm out there talking about what we can do for every single American.

To increase the power, develop the resources and promote the happiness of a Confederacy, it is requisite there should be so much of homogeneity that the welfare of every portion would be the aim of the whole.

In America, our differences matter, but our country matters more. That's the attitude I wanted to take to the Senate.

One family, one nation, indivisible. That mentality is essential for our salvation.

We've got to be Americans first. We've got to pull together and unite.

As a politician, I worked very, very hard in order to maintain the unity of our country. That was my aim.