Jose Ortega y Gasset Quotes

A nation is as great, and only as great, as her rank and file.

The greatest asset of any nation is the spirit of its people.

Even the cosmic forces do not equal the strength of a great nation which has risen to its moral consciousness and in a just struggle defends it’s existence.

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.

It's for the common people, people who have made this great country of ours. That's what the heck I say we always write about.

Nationality is the aggregated individuality of the greatest men of the nation.

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.

American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is.

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.

The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.

We need to rekindle those values, those strengths as a nation and as a people... And we must do so as one people with one goal.

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.

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.

Nations need to understand their own strengths and weaknesses, and India's tradition of dissent and democratic debate is a positive aspect.

We are a small nation, but strong.

None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.

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.

A great country cannot have weak people.

A nation is a work of art and a work of time.

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.

Nationality is belief in a common origin and end.

Our belief in ourselves as a nation will perish.

Each nation grows after its own genius, and has a civilization of its own.