Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
National Identity Quotes
Critique of BusinessEconomyNational IdentitySocietySpirit I think big business is a terrible thing for the spirit of the country, as our spirit is the best thing about us.
IndependenceNational IdentityProvidence No people can be bound to acknowledge the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.
ExplorationMotivationNational IdentityThreatWar We didn't go to the moon to explore or because it was in our DNA or because we're Americans. We went because we were at war and we felt a threat.
Civic PrideCountryNational IdentityPatriotismUnity Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
ExceptionalismNational Identity I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.
Cultural InfluenceHistorical ContextNational IdentityPerception of SpaceScience and Discovery All Plutophiles are based in America. If you go to other countries, they have much less of an attachment to either the existence or preservation of Pluto as a planet. Once you investigate that, you find out that Disney's dog Pluto was sketched the same year the cosmic object was discovered. And Pluto was discovered by an American.
National IdentityPatriotismRepresentation I carry the flag of Ireland all the time. I want to represent my country.
BelongingEmpathyImmigrationNational IdentityStrangerhood My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.
Foreign AffairsIndifferenceNational IdentityPerception The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.
DistinctionMilitary and Domestic Law EnforcementNational Identity I think one of the great things about the United States has been our ability to maintain a distinction between our military and domestic law enforcement.
MaterialismMisperceptionNational IdentityReputation Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
BelongingCultureNational IdentitySovereigntyUnity Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French.
Community DevelopmentCultural PrideGuidance and EffortLeadershipNational Identity The proud road travelled by Chongryon bears the imprints of the wise guidance and painstaking efforts of the great leaders, who strengthened and developed Chongryon into a Juche-based overseas compatriots' body that represents the rights and interests of all the Koreans resident in Japan.
GovernmentHistoryLeadershipNational IdentityPatriotism If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government.
Enduring ValuesFounding PrinciplesNational IdentityResilienceWork In Progress The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation.
FaithHopeIdealismNational IdentityProvidence 'Hope and change' has become a cliche in our nation, and it is daunting to think that any American could hope for change from what God has blessed.
AttractivenessDesirabilityIdealismNational IdentityPatriotism To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
DiplomacyInvestmentNational IdentityValue Our diplomacy and development budget is not just about reducing spending and finding efficiencies. We need a frank conversation about what we stand for as that 'shining city on a hill.' And that conversation begins by acknowledging that we can't do it on the cheap.
CompassionHonestyIntegrityNational IdentityPracticality Let's be honest - tracking down, rounding up, and deporting millions of people isn't realistic. Anyone who suggests otherwise isn't being straight with you. It's also not who we are as Americans.
CapitalismConsumer CultureEntrepreneurshipMaterialismNational Identity England is a nation of shopkeepers.
Constitutional IssuesLibertyMarriageNational IdentityRights And Equality I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them.
DevelopmentIndependenceNational IdentityProgressSelf Reliance India should walk on her own shadow - we must have our own development model.
CitizenshipIdealsNational IdentityValue One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
InnovationNational IdentityOvercoming ChallengesPositive Outcomes In order for the United States to do the right things for the long term, it appears to be helpful for us to have the prospect of humiliation. Sputnik helped us fund good science - really good science: the semiconductor came out of it.
HypocrisyMoralityNational IdentityPatriotismVirtue One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.
InclusivityNational IdentityOvercoming DivisionsSolidarityUnity There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.
