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Nations Quotes - Page 11

We are a nation of shop keepers.

We are a nation of shop keepers.

Apsley Cherry-Garrard (2013). “The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctica, 1910-1913”, p.463, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

If there's only one nation in the sky, shouldn't all passports be valid for it?

Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.81, Vintage Canada

India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator.

Winston Churchill (1987). “The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill”, London : Robson Books

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.

Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.363, Da Capo Press

The dissolution of the nation destroys the national religion, and dethrones the national deity.

William Robertson Smith (2006). “The Old Testament in the Jewish Church: Twelve Lectures on Biblical Criticism”, p.272, Wipf and Stock Publishers

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1248, Delphi Classics

It is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it is the way in which we use it.

Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.29, Taylor Trade Publications

The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “Society and Solitude: Twelve Chapters”, p.22, London S. Low, Son & Marston 1870.

A supreme composer can only come out of a musical nation.

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1987). “National Music: And Other Essays”, Oxford University Press, USA

What we get in steerage is not the refuse, but the sinew and bone of all the nations.

Mary Antin (1914). “They who Knock at Our Gates: A Complete Gospel of Immigration”