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It's the misfortune of all Countries, that they sometimes lie under a unhappy necessity to defend themselves by Arms against the ambition of their Governors, and to fight for what's their own. If those in government are heedless of reason, the people must patiently submit to Bondage, or stand upon their own Defence; which if they are enabled to do, they shall never be put upon it, but their Swords may grow rusty in their hands; for that Nation is surest to live in Peace, that is most capable of making War; and a Man that hath a Sword by his side, shall have least occasion to make use of it.

– John Trenchard

added by Normando
20 days ago

As we celebrate Thanksgiving ... we should ask what we can do as individuals to demonstrate our gratitude to God for all He has done. Such reflection can only add to the significance of this precious day of remembrance. Let us recommit ourselves to that devotion to God and family that has played such an important role in making this a great Nation, and which will be needed as a source of strength if we are to remain a great people.

– Ronald Reagan

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1 month ago

When you educate a man, you educate an individual. When you educate a woman, you educate a nation.”

– Josephine Kulea

added by carolwm07
3 months ago

When you educate a man, you educate an individual. When you educate a woman, you educate a nation.”

– Josephine Kulea

added by carolwm07
3 months ago

I know that you can never understand us, just as our nation can never understand you. We are two sides of the same coin.

– Princess Anna Regis

added by calros_j
4 months ago

I am no politician, but if one cannot save a nation in three years, another term will not change its fate. Leadership is not about time, but vision. The actions taken today reflect foresight or lack thereof. To ignore this truth is to deny the lessons of history. The facts do not deceive, but foretell the future, and inaction will only confirm the inevitable.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
4 months ago

Patriotism is the courage to hold one's nation accountable to its highest ideals, starting with oneself.

– Aloo Denish Obiero

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5 months ago

Patriotism is the art of serving your nation without losing sight of humanity.

– Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
5 months ago

It is becoming increasingly apparent that many - arguably most - of the problems that plague our nation have been aggravated rather than alleviated by federal intervention. In one area after another, massive infusions of tax dollars have been squandered on false solutions which, when they fail to achieve their stated objectives, are cited to justify even more spending on other futile schemes that result in bigger government. Examples include programs and laws supposedly intended to reduce racial animosity which have instead heightened race-related tensions; welfare schemes that, rather than reducing poverty, have enticed millions of Americans to become dependent on Washington for their daily bread; federal funding (and control) of education, which has spawned a monumental education crisis; a war on drugs which has done little to curb drug traffic, but which has eroded many personal liberties; a health-care finance system that has deteriorated as government meddling and regulation have increased; and a masochistic immigration policy larded with false solutions that, while failing to stop the inflow of illegal aliens, have paved the way for further government intrusion into the lives of nearly all Americans.

– Robert W. Lee

added by Normando
5 months ago

The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country. A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote. If children were forced to learn about the Constitution, about how government works, about how this nation came into being, about taxes and about how government forever threatens the cause of liberty perhaps we wouldn't see so many foolish ideas coming out of the mouths of silly old men.

– Lyn Nofziger

added by Normando
5 months ago

Righteousness and Christianity are not for the lazy; it is not easy. However, perfection in Christ and His love motivates you to keep moving forward until the ends of the earth. Remember, God in Christ came to save the earth, not to destroy it. Therefore, you are not a Christian solely for yourself, but for the sake of your nation.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
6 months ago

I believe that if the people of this nation fully understood what Congress has done to them over the last 49 years, they would move on Washington; they would not wait for an election... It adds up to a preconceived plan to destroy the economic and social independence of the United States!

– George W. Malone

added by Normando
6 months ago

I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands; one Nation, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.

– Rev. Francis Bellamy

added by Normando
7 months ago

I claim for the nation an education that depends only on the State, because children of the State must be raised by members of the State.

– Louis-René de Caradeuc de La Chalotais

added by Normando
8 months ago

As a Soldier be the warrior, you need to be for them, for you, for your nation, and let the strength of unity be your shield and the bond of teamwork your sword, for together we stand, divided we fall.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
9 months ago

A righteous man silenced by supposed justice can bring about the downfall of a nation.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
10 months ago

I value my culture, I value my people, I value my nation. I am not ashamed to say that I am a proud product of Africa

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
11 months ago

You can't save free markets by socialism, I don't know where this idea ever came from. You save free markets by promoting free markets and sound money and balanced budgets. The whole reason why nobody wants to address the real problem is, we're spending a trillion dollars a year overseas running an empire, and it's coming to an end. This country is bankrupt, and we won't admit it. Eventually though, the dollar will go bust, and we will bring our troops home, and we will live within our means, but we ought to do it sensibly, rather than waiting for the collapse of the dollar, and this is what we're doing, we're on the verge of destroying our dollar. And then, you think we have problems now, problems then will be a lot worse, it'd look like the Weimar Republic, or a third world nation. And a lot of people know that, and they're scared to death, but we don't need to be making the problem worse by just propping up everything with more government programs, more inflation, and more helicopters, it won't work.

– Ron Paul

added by Normando
11 months ago

Individual effort alone may not rescue a nation, but when people unite, their collective voice becomes impactful.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
11 months ago

Democracy is a form of government that cannot long survive, for as soon as the people learn that they have a voice in the fiscal policies of the government, they will move to vote for themselves all the money in the treasury, and bankrupt the nation.

– Karl Marx

added by Normando
1 year ago

A nation that forgets its past is doomed to repeat it.

– Sir Winston Churchill

added by Normando
1 year ago

It is not my intention to do away with government. It is, rather, to make it work -- work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it. It is no coincidence that our present troubles parallel and are proportionate to the intervention and intrusion in our lives that result from unnecessary and excessive growth of government. ... We shall reflect the compassion that is so much a part of your makeup. How can we love our country and not love our countrymen, and loving them, not reach out a hand when they fall, heal them when they are sick, and provide opportunities to make them self-sufficient so they will be equal in fact and not just in theory? ... We are a nation under God, and I believe God intended for us to be free. It would be fitting and good, I think, if on each Inauguration Day in future years it should be declared a day of prayer.

– Ronald Reagan

added by Normando
1 year ago

So low and hopeless are the finances of the United States, that, the year before last Congress was obliged to borrow money even, to pay the interest of the principal which we had borrowed before. This wretched resource of turning interest into principal, is the most humiliating and disgraceful measure that a nation could take, and approximates with rapidity to absolute ruin: Yet it is the inevitable and certain consequence of such a system as the existing Confederation.

– William Richardson Davie

added by Normando
1 year ago

Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step over the ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a Thousand years. At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

– Abraham Lincoln

added by Normando
1 year ago

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