National Identity Quotes

"Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike." "Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it" "America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights invented America." "America is an idea, an idea that’s stronger than any army, bigger than any ocean, more powerful than any dictator or tyrant" "It’s about who we are as a people, about whether this will remain the nation I’ve always known. We’re in the battle for the soul of this nation" "How about we agree upon what our common American values are, which is let's make this a true land of opportunity" "You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline" "If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays" "If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under." "The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people." "There are no more foundations in the U.S. than in the hearts of the people." "I'd like to be a queen of people's hearts, but I don't see myself being queen of this country " "The American dream belongs to all of us" "A man's feet must be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world." "I am a native American and by that I mean I am a real American;"