Quotes about Nation, page 2

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about nation

That's why it's called Sebastian Bach. I mean, it's a permanent band, pretty much, but if I jam with other people, it just makes a better album, I think.

Quote by Sebastian Bach about nation

The world knows of a vast stock of epic material scattered up and down the nations; sometimes its artistic value is as extraordinary as its archaeological interest, but not always.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about nation

Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security forces are capable and efficient enough to defend the sovereignty of the nation.

Quote by John Abizaid about nation

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.

Quote by Francis Bacon about nation

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

Quote by Francis Bacon about nation

It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about nation

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

Quote by Francis Bacon about nation

When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.

Quote by M. H. Abrams about nation

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.

Quote by Dean Acheson about nation

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever.

Quote by Kathy Acker about nation

People asked me after JFK what I believed, and I didn't care. You presume that people are on the side of their films' beliefs, but that's just not always the case.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about nation

Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know.

Quote by Kathy Acker about nation

In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about nation

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about nation

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about nation

We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about nation

Even if it is difficult playing with other people - sometimes it's great, sometimes it isn't, but that is kind of the point of it. It loses its point playing solo.

Quote by Derek Bailey about nation

For me, playing is about playing with other people.

Quote by Derek Bailey about nation

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.

Quote by John Adams about nation