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    Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.

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No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a part of a continent, a part of the read more

No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a part of a continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were . . .

by John Donne Found in: Nations Quotes,
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The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the read more

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground

by Winston Churchill Found in: Nations Quotes,
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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

by Thomas Merton Found in: Nations Quotes,
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States that rise quickly, just as all the other things of nature that are born and grow rapidly, cannot have read more

States that rise quickly, just as all the other things of nature that are born and grow rapidly, cannot have roots and ramifications; the first bad weather kills them

by Niccolo Machiavelli Found in: Nations Quotes,
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Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on read more

Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.

by Margaret Thatcher Found in: Nations Quotes,
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I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it read more

I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is when the President takes his oath of office, rather than to the flag and the nation

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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

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The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

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A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory

A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory

by Whittaker Chambers Found in: Nations Quotes,
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