“My Countrymen: It is a relief to feel that no heart but my own can know the personal regretan bitter sorrow over which I have been borne to a position so suitable for others rather than desirable for myself.”— Franklin Pierce, amazon.com
“I rely confidently on the patriotism of the people, on the dignity and self-respect of the States, on the wisdom of Congreess, and, above all, on the continued gracious favor of Almighty God to maintain against all enemies, whether at home or abroad, the sanctity of the Constitution and the integrit…”— Franklin Pierce, amazon.com
“It is the duty of every officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief”— Nathan Hale, amazon.com
“I greatly fear some of America's greatest and most dangerous enemies are such as think themselves her best friends.”— Nathan Hale, amazon.com
“If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claim to perform that service are imperious.”— Nathan Hale, amazon.com
“It takes five years to design a new car in this country. Heck, we won World War II in four years.”— Ross Perot, ranker.com
“China is not a superpower, nor will she ever seek to be one... If one day China should change her color and turn into a superpower, if she too should play the tyrant in the world, and everywhere subject others to her bullying, aggression and exploitation, the people of the world should identify her…”— Deng Xiaoping, amazon.com
“We mustn't fear to adopt the advanced management methods applied in capitalist countries (...) The very essence of socialism is the liberation and development of the productive systems (...) Socialism and market economy are not incompatible (...) We should be concerned about right-wing deviations, b…”— Deng Xiaoping, en.wikiquote.org
“When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself.”— Deng Xiaoping, amazon.com
“Spent time this week in the mountains. It’s good to disconnect, all things important in the city are irrelevant here.”— Dan Bilzerian, twitter.com
“Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.”— James K. Polk, presidential-power.org
“Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family."”— James K. Polk, thoughtco.com
“The measure of a country’s greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis.”— Thurgood Marshall, thurgoodmarshall.com
“But notwithstanding all this, in many parts of our country where the colored population is large the people of that race are by various devices deprived of any effective exercise of their political rights and of many of their civil rights. The wrong does not expend itself upon those whose votes are…”— Benjamin Harrison, en.wikiquote.org
“There is a problem in this country, that a lot of people don’t believe women. A lot of people don’t believe young women.”— Al Sharpton, en.wikiquote.org
“The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it”— George Bernard Shaw, amazon.com
“I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture.”— Etta James, amazon.com