Nation Proverbs
Sayings about Nation
Sometimes the whole nation has to pay for the foolish deed of one man. ~ German Proverbs
Few laws, good nations. ~ German Proverb
Happy nations have no history. ~ Belgian Proverbs
A nation's treasure is its scholars. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Easier to rule a nation than a son. ~ Chinese Proverbs
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the nation and its destiny. ~ South African Proverbs
If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world. ~ Chinese Proverb
The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people. ~ Ghanaian Proverb
All people are a single nation. ~ Quran proverb
Quotations about Nations
A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors. ~ William Ralph Inge
Nations, as well as individuals, are mortal. ~ Oliver B. Seward
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts -- the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. ~ John Ruskin
The greater number of nations, as of men, are only impressible in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow old. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society. ~ Thomas Jefferson
Like men, nations are purified and strengthened by trials. ~ Samuel Smiles
A nation’s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others. ~ Indira Gandhi
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. ~ Calvin Coolidge
A nation is the same people living in the same place. ~ James Joyce
That nation is proudest and noblest and most exalted which has the greatest number of really great men. ~ Sinclair Lewis
When nations are to perish in their sins, 'tis in the Church the leprosy begins. ~ William Cowper
Our nation must come together to unite. ~ George W. Bush
I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty. ~ Woodrow T. Wilson
Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of the people and the government, which prevents its degeneration into tyranny. ~ Albert Einstein
Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation. ~ Thomas Henry Huxley
He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation. ~ James A. Garfield
Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best of all is that they cannot be otherwise. ~ Marquis De Custine
No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation. ~ Thomas Woodrow Wilson
You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. ~ John Paul II
It is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it is the way in which we use it. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
A great nation is any mob of people which produces at least one honest man a century. ~ Henry Louis Mencken
No nation was ever ruined by trade. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor. ~ Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic. ~ Indira Gandhi
A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people. ~ Mohandas Gandhi
The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. ~ Francis Bacon
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. ~ Frank Zappa
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under. ~ Ronald Reagan
A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered. ~ Edmund Burke
There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help. ~ Charles Dudley Warner
Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. ~ Victor Hugo
As nations improve, so do their gods. ~ Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten. ~ Kemal Ataturk
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. ~ Walter Bagehot
Nations, like men, have their infancy. ~ Henry Bolingbroke
The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect. ~ Winston Churchill
The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world. ~ Alexander Graham Bell
The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground. ~ Winston Churchill
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. ~ Oscar Wilde
No nation can be destroyed while it possesses a good home life. ~ Josiah Gilbert Holland
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot. ~ Vladimir Lenin
The strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well ordered homes of the people. ~ Lydia H. Sigourney
No nation became great by becoming rich. Neither does a man find enduring satisfaction in life by owning something -- only by becoming something. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation. ~ George W. Bush
The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them. ~ Baron Grimm
The English nation is never so great as in adversity. ~ Benjamin Disraeli
A nation never falls but by suicide. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
A nation is a thing that lives and acts like a man and men are the particles of which it is composed. ~ Josiah Gilbert Holland
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation when they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.~ Martin Luther King Jr.
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. ~ Confucius
From a single crime know the nation. ~ Virgil
The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous. ~ Frederick Douglass
Nations, like individuals are powerful in the degree that they command the sympathies of their neighbors. ~ Christian Nestell Bovee
Men may be linked in friendship. Nations are linked only by interests. ~ Rolf Hochhuth
A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nationality is the aggregated individuality of the greatest men of the nation. ~ Louis Kossuth
Nations, like individuals, interest us in their growth. ~ Walter Savage Landor
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