Turkey has never been colonized, so it remained as an independent nation after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. – Mustafa Akyol
France wants Britain to remain in the E.U.; indeed, how can we imagine that friendly nation that is our ally and played a role on the international stage could be outside the E.U.? – Francois Hollande
I will not be able to rule without you. You and I have the same responsibility. I do, as Bolivia’s number one servant. Servant – one who serves the nation, not one whom the nation serves. – Carlos Mesa
While I have worked hard to bring folks to the middle to craft common-sense solutions to the many problems that confront our nation, Washington is mired in gridlock, gamesmanship and constant partisan bickering. – Mike Ross
No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers, but many have been brought to ruin and reduced to slavery by suffering gradual impositions and abuses. – Edward Livingston
Helping the poor doesn’t mean redistributing the wealth. It means removing the breaks that give the wealthy an advantage so huge that big chunks of the nation’s income are automatically removed from individual economic competition. – Donna Brazile
A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia. – David McCullough
Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the nation – especially in the suburbs. – Melissa Bean
The UK is not going to leave the European Union. Of course not. We are inextricably wound up with Europe. In terms of culture, history and geography, we are a European nation. – Nick Clegg
No nation now sets forth to despoil another upon the avowed ground that it desires the spoils. – Elihu Root
Republican isolationists had certainly tied the hands of every U.S. president, year after year – berating Franklin Roosevelt in particular and his attempts to ready the nation for inevitable attack. – Nigel Hamilton
President Obama understands that, as a nation founded by those who fled religious persecution, freedom of religion is central to who we are as Americans. Our rights are not given to us by government, they are endowed by our Creator. – Denis McDonough
My view of foreign policy is that we need to be careful and circumspect about United States intervention in any foreign nation. – Michele Bachmann
It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there were no large men of probity who could be called upon for the task. – Elliot Richardson
Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free speech had been suppressed. – Matthew Simpson
I would like Americans to make things with their hands. Thomas Jefferson and I feel that makes for a much stronger nation. – Nick Offerman
We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of haves and have-nots. We must always be a nation of haves and soon-to-haves. – Mitch Daniels
Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas. – David Wilkerson
Democratic nation states remain far more capable of managing the circuit of coercion, taxation and legitimation than any transnational bodies. – Geoff Mulgan
But just as haste and restlessness are typical of our present-day life, so change also takes place more rapidly than before. This applies to change in the relationships between nations as it does to change within an individual nation. – Gustav Stresemann
France is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside. – Gustave Courbet
