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No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you read more
No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise
What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others.
What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others.
A nation can assume that the addition of the words "under God" to its pledge of allegiance gives evidence that read more
A nation can assume that the addition of the words "under God" to its pledge of allegiance gives evidence that its citizens actually believe in God whereas all it really proves is that they believe in "believing" in God
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be read more
Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen
The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, read more
The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.
We [Americans] are the lavishest and showiest and most luxury-loving people on the earth; and at our masthead we fly read more
We [Americans] are the lavishest and showiest and most luxury-loving people on the earth; and at our masthead we fly one true and honest symbol, the gaudiest flag the world has ever seen.
To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who read more
To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who are not fully conscious of the importance of their gifts, and who are irresponsible in the application of their art: they
Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises read more
Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations.