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A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is read more
A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.
If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell
If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell
Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?
Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?
A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society
A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society
Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.
Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.
No nation has friends only interests
No nation has friends only interests
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count read more
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it
There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it it does not need to convince others read more
There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it it does not need to convince others by force that it is right
