National Greatness Quotes

While the nation that has dared to be great, that has had the will and the power to change the destiny of the ages, in the end must die, yet no less surely the nation that has played the part of the weakling must also die; and whereas the nation that has done nothing leaves nothing behind it, the nation that has done a great work really continues, though in changed form, to live forevermore.

I lived in a bubble: my whole entire military career where I thought that everything was perfect. And I thought that every time we went overseas and we fought for this country, we were doing it because we were trying to get other people a sliver of the greatness that we have here in the United States of America.

We have become a great nation, forced by the fact of its greatness into relations with the other nations of the earth.

There is no nation in the world greater, older or more honorable than the Turkish nation, nor has one been seen in the history of humanity.

Protection and patriotism are reciprocal. This is the way which has led nations to greatness.

Tomorrow, our nation will sit on the throne of the world

May the friends of America rejoice! May her enemies be humbled and her censors silenced at the news of her noble exertions in continuance of those principles which have placed her so high in the annals of history and among the nations of the earth.

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

I think the Indian model of respecting the uniqueness of each religion and, of every state is what makes the country great.

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.

We were elected to work together and help keep this country the greatest nation in the world.

We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.

There's nothing wrong with loving your country. There's nothing wrong with caring about who gets into your country. There's nothing wrong about wanting your country to be great. There's nothing wrong with thinking that the country comes before the world. There's nothing wrong at all, and that's been wrong in the past and we're gonna make it right. We're gonna love America, we're gonna unify, we're gonna make America great again.

What we Americans need to do is respect that incredible blessing that we have as a nation and make sure that we are leading in the best ways possible.

What makes a nation great is not primarily its great men, but the stature of its innumerable mediocre ones.

I know of but one principle to make a nation great … Protectionism and patriotism are reciprocal. This is the road that all great nations have trod.

No great nation that ever went off the gold standard ever remained great.

The American people understand that what makes the nation great is not people's bloodlines or how long ago their ancestors arrived here, but their character and belief in the Constitution.

There are three thing which make a nation great and prosperous: a fertile soil, busy workshops, easy conveyance for men and goods from place to place.

...the true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity.

That nation is great which rests its head upon death as its pillow.

If America ever passes out as a great nation, we ought to put on our tombstone: America died from a delusion she had Moral Leadership.

Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.

A country's greatness lies in its undying ideals of love and sacrifice that inspire the mothers of the race.

Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy