National Quotes

To talk only about national security, national defense, means to be selfish, ambitious. It is discrimination, isolation. "It is just me. What do I care about others?"

I welcome the signing by the presidential candidates Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani of an agreement on the formation of a government of national unity in Afghanistan.

Iraq has slipped enough toward dangerous paths that may endanger the country if we don't realize that the solution ... lies is the concept of national unity

We reject the use of national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime.

Now, the country is in a terrible state, and you've blamed it on a number of things: Unemployment rate, the value of the pound and all that... wrll, it's because the national anthem is boring.

National Geographic contacted me about getting on their label, and I was like, 'Wow, I want to be label mates with the sharks and lemurs!'

Talk about threats to national security -- how about government so big, so complicated and so unmanageable, it cant get out of its own way?

It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part of the national team.

I think 9/11 guaranteed that national security is going to be in the forefront of every election.

If you think the last four words to the national anthem are " gentleman, start your engines", You might be a redneck.

The important lesson of the deficit is - and the national debt - is we have to be careful about how we're spending money.

Colin Kaepernick is the latest professional athlete to spark a national debate about the meaning behind the American flag and the national anthem.

Canadians want a country. They don't want a community of communities. I'm committed to the national unity of the country.

[Wellesley College] is about as meaningful to the educational process in America as a perfume factory is to the national economy.

U.S. assistance provides the Jordanian government needed flexibility to pursue policies that are of critical importance to U.S. national security and to foreign policy objectives in the Middle East.

It is terribly important to maintain a national identity in a way that it probably wasn't before.

Movies such as this remind us that Owen Wilson is nothing less than a national treasure.

What were you two doing last night, discussing the national debt?

Examine the legacy that we inherited and what we did. We had boom-and-bust economics and a doubled national debt.

You will be surprised but I do a lot of studying and I watch National Geographic.

The National Debt is a very Good Thing and it would be dangerous to pay it off for fear of Political Economy.

I always take hundreds and hundreds of pictures. I used to work for National Geographic, and they gave us a lot of film.

You are the hybrids of golden worlds and ages splendidly conceived.

The music of revelation announces itself to the reader in somber brooding tones or in melodies light as air and one is invited to dance with the most captivating of partners: poetry.

History dressed up in the glow of love’s kiss turned grief into beauty.

On faith’s battered back calm eyes etch prayers that cool a nation’s hot rage.

To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.

Poetry looking in the mirror sees art, and art looking in a mirror sings poetry.

This gentleman here, Michael Hussey, is just an absolute freak.

Counting obligations under Medicare and Social Security, the real debt of the United States is more than 10 times the reported national debt.

Israel has its own right as a nation to defend its national security.

National parks, zoos, protected areas, polluted seas - using the whole world as a readymade, I thought about it as a stage set. To activate a stage set you need a drama, an actor to offset it.

We must strive to form a comprehensive sublime nationalism whose first principal is national geographic unity and must strengthen this unity with deeds not with words.

[The media] are using a national treasure - that's what the public airwaves are. And they have a responsibility to bring out the full diversity of opinion or lose their licenses.

Andrew Saul is John Hall in a business suit. He's wrong on the war, on national security, immigration, abortion. He's Sue Kelly all over again.

I do not think about the national team too much because footballistically it is not of too much interest.

It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.

Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security, and, make no mistake, it will impact how our military defends our country.

We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.

As president, I decided that a strong, confident America could advance our national security by engaging directly with the Iranian government. We've seen the results.

A nuclear Iran is a threat to America's national security, and it is a threat to Israel's national security. We cannot afford to have a nuclear arms race in the most volatile region of the world.

Being successful means good results for the national team at first in the regional competitions like the Asian Cup and keeping in mind to go for Gold at a World Cup in the future.

Gross negligence in handling national security is a felony.

Obviously, there has to be a profound change in direction. Otherwise, interest on the national debt will start eating up virtually every penny that we have.

It is time, I suggest, to stop the practice of allowing Muslims to serve in the U.S. military. The reason is simple: the more devout a Muslim is, the more of a threat he is to national security.

Syrians have a national identity beyond the sectarian divide. Syria's national identity would be weaker and poorer if it didn't have this beautiful pluralism between Arabs, Kurds, and sects.

Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.

As policy makers, our interest isn't necessarily the narrow interests of specific corporations but the national security interests of the United States.

I mean, sometimes we do do that, The National Anthem was a caustic satire and sometimes that's the way to go with the story rather than me being particularly misanthropic.

Donald Trump got himself very far to the left. When he was considering running for president in 2000, he was for a 13 percent wealth tax on wealthy people to retire the national debt.