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A nation can assume that the addition of the words "under God" to its pledge of allegiance gives evidence that read more
A nation can assume that the addition of the words "under God" to its pledge of allegiance gives evidence that its citizens actually believe in God whereas all it really proves is that they believe in "believing" in God
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises read more
Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations.
No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a part of a continent, a part of the read more
No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a part of a continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were . . .
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory
A nation's life is about as long as its reverential memory
Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation read more
Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity
No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity