To walk behind others on a road you are traveling together, to give precedence to others without envy - this is painful for an individual and painful for a nation.
If the machinery for distribution in the present economic system of the world is incapable of properly distributing the productive wealth of nations, then that system is false and must be altered.
Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race.
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Without there being some national strategy, it is difficult for educators to know what kinds of engineers or technicians to produce and for potential students to know what professions to study for.
I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing.
Societies cannot move forward without law, and our constitution is the cornerstone of the law and our National Assembly is its umbrella and fortress.
But it is well to remember that we are dealing with nations every one of which has a direct individual interest to serve, and there is grave danger in an unshared idealism.
I am very proud of the critical role West Virginians play in providing energy to our nation.
Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions.
This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes a lie out of the freedoms.
Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security.
Quite simply, quite plainly, just by virtue of his being, Obama is America. The first true American to lead our nation.
Justice is the foremost virtue of the civilizing races. It subdues the barbarous nations, while injustice arouses the weakest.
The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest is he who corrupts it.
Every nation feels itself to be superior, but in America it's a jaunty feeling, and in some cases a rather ominous one among the super-patriots.
The Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, and it is not helpful for any nation to suggest that it would attempt to restrict traffic through the strait.
Henry Ford was right. A prosperous economy requires that workers be able to buy the products that they produce. This is as true in a global economy as a national one.
As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because... you either loved them or you hated them.
America is a grateful nation. We cannot allow anything or anyone to get in the way of that. The words 'veteran' and 'backlog' should never appear in the same sentence.
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.
