National Dignity Quotes

Foreign policy - dealing as it does with the most charged political subjects of all, the safety and dignity of the nation - will always be political terrain particularly vulnerable to distortion and demagoguery.

I don’t like to see our flag torn down and trampled upon anywhere in the world and I think most Americans agree with me on that. I don’t like to see American citizens pushed around and there’s no good reason for letting it happen

Vacillation and inconsistency are as incompatible with successful diplomacy as they are with the national dignity.

The honor of about 30 million votes remains with the Iranian nation and no enemy scheme would take away this dignity and honor from the Iranian nation.

The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one.

When people make my country look bad, I can't stand it.

Menace not intended is an engine which Great Britain could never condescend to employ.

… lustre of our country.

I am the president of Poland, and I will never accept Poles being insulted or humiliated or facts being distorted that hurt our dignity.

Our country is losing its self-esteem.

Our young people are patriots and heroes whom we can be proud of before the world; that they have a large contingent of such trustworthy young people is a great blessing for the Workers' Party of Korea and a source of pride for Korea, and this assures the great strength of our dignified state and its bright future.

It is derogatory to the dignity of mankind, it is derogatory to the dignity of India, to entertain for one single moment hatred towards Englishmen.

It is high time that we awaken from the romantic self-renunciation which made us admire all sorts of other nationalities while we ourselves languished in shameful bondage, trampled on by all the world; it is high time that we awaken to a healthy national egoism which, to put it frankly, places the welfare and honour of the fatherland above everything else.

A nations loses its soul and spirit if it cannot act to protect its most basic interests and values.

It is the honor and soul of England which is at stake!

Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe.

I don't think any country can survive as a prosperous and dignified country unless there is rule of law.

We are very clear that we will go to any lengths for the sake of protecting our national pride.

Throughout history, ambassadors have always been symbolic incarnations of the sovereignty of their nations and the dignity of their leaders.

We recognize and accept our own deep involvement in the destiny of men everywhere. We are accordingly pledged to honor, and to strive to fortify, the authority of the United Nations. For in that body rests the best hope of our age for the assertion of that law by which all nations may live in dignity.

Vindicate the injured honor of our navy and revive the drooping spirits of the nation.

There can be no such thing as offending national honor. One may offend national pride or injure national interest.

The honor of a nation is its life.

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.

The U.K. should be treated with respect because it deserves respect.