Elizabeth Dole Quotes

The country is the people.

America's greatness rests on far more than the power of our arms. Our greatness is also measured by our goodness, it's in the capacity of our minds, of our hearts, and it's in the strength of our democracy.

Is it possible that the people of the U.S. enjoying the blessings of freedom under the only republican government on earth have not virtue enough to support it?

No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism.

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

A nation is a body of people united by a corporate sentiment of peculiar intensity, intimacy and dignity, related to a definite home-country.

To be a great nation and a great people, you have to do great things.

As early as 1776, [John Adams] expressed his doubts about America's capacity for virtue. "I have seen all along my Life, Such Selfishness, and Littleness even in New England, that I sometimes tremble to think that, altho We are engaged in the best Cause that ever employed the Human Heart, yet the Prospect of success is doubtfull not for Want of Power or of Wisdom, but of Virtue."

The good citizen need not of necessity possess the virtue which makes a good man.

United States could be a great country. It needs to be a great country. It's our responsibility as citizens to make that happen, every single one of us.

A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.

I can't tell you what it's like to be in Europe, for example, to be talking about the greatness of America. But the true greatness of America are the people.

Righteousness alone can exalt them [America] as a nation. Reader! Whoever thou art, remember this, and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself and encourage it in others.

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

I am for America because America is for the common people.

I will work every single day to make sure that America continues to be the greatest nation on earth.

We all need to rededicate ourselves to making America great and making it a more perfect union.

People say that if you don't love America, then get the hell out. Well, I love America.

It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness.

America is a great country. This is a great land.

Most people are good. They may not be saints, but they are good.

My fellow citizens, our nation is poised for greatness. We must do what we know is right, and do it with all our might. Let history say of us: "These were golden years - when the American Revolution was reborn, when freedom gained new life, and America reached for her best."