Jahangir Khan Quotes

My question about everything I do is, does it make our country stronger?

Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.

Any effort which wittingly or unwittingly draws a wedge between the people and Armed Forces of Pakistan undermines the larger national interest.

Every nation has a vision it lives for and is prepared to make all sacrifices. One may call it National purpose, … It is something which does not change. If it changes, a nation dies. It is supreme and therefore the nation acts and reacts with the limits laid down by it. It is the vision which allows a nation to build its future.

By "nationalism" I mean the habit of identifying oneself with a single nation or other unit, placing it beyond good and evil and recognising no other duty than that of advancing its interests.

Sports play a very important role in consolidating the national strength, adding lustre to the country's prestige and honour, inspiring people with national dignity and pride, and imbuing the whole society with revolutionary mettle.

I'm going to put the interests of the nation first.

If you want your country to do well as everyone says, bring a positive light to it.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best of all is that they cannot be otherwise.

The national team comes before everything.

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.

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

The Olympic Games are a national cause, and a national cause calls for a nationwide attitude.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

When terrorists attacked the symbols of our national unity and strength, they failed to realize that they were just symbols of our strength. The real strength of our nation comes from our people - not our buildings.

Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.

Uncritical American boosterism - automatic endorsement of every government action - is myopic and self-defeating.

Then as now, whatever disagreements over policies existed among Americans - and there were many such bitter policy disputes - the purposes and goals for which Americans fought were clearly understood.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

It is a hard and difficult thing to do to create a nation

No matter how one looks at it, Japanese are superior to Americans in every respect. But as a group, we are inferior to them. So from now on we must have group training, foster science, and the entire nation must labor hard to construct a new better Japan than today.

We prefer the well-being of our country over the well-being of an individual or group.