Almost anything is better than three network TV outlets completely controlling the national discourse with their nightly broadcasts. We've moved a long way from that, and that's important.
I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars.
As a leader of a majority-Muslim nation, I believe Islamic countries must better understand what young people aspire to.
Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of free nations.
I see all this talk about jobs going overseas as a symptom of the absence of innovation. And the absence of innovation is a symptom of there being no major national priority to advance a frontier.
Our nation today needs men and women who are bold enough to play on the field and passionate to change the status quo !
Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe.
The English have always been greedy for news of times past, with that mixture of fatalism and melancholy which is part of the national character.
Again, President Reagan was sort of an amiable presence out at the ranch by the last 6 months of his presidency. He had no effect on national policy at all.
They were from different generations, culture, nations. But even these things did not divide them so much as their separate conceptions of what it meant to be a woman.
The National Academy of Sciences would be unable to give a unanimous decision if asked whether the sun would rise tomorrow.
Nigeria is a West African nation of over 100 million energetic people. It is endowed with lots of natural resources but lacks human resources.
Whoever becomes the head of the National Theater finds himself in a position like that of Nelson's Column - pigeons dump on you because you're there.
Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?
George W. had a plan. He arranged to join the Air National Guard in Texas, which meant he would not be sent to Vietnam.
Today, India consumes about 682 watts per capita, far lesser than developed nations. As India develops, it will definitely require a lot more energy.
As a singer, I have won the highest honours in China. Actually I am like the panda: we are both national treasures.
Caring for our veterans is the duty of a grateful nation. Unfortunately, the Bush administration and congressional Republicans have not lived up to this duty.
The founding document of the United States of America acknowledges the Lordship of Jesus Christ because we are a Christian nation.
A friend hipped me to hypoglycemia, which an article I read calls 'a disease for a nation of sugar junkies.' Who knows how many people in this country have it?
I am aware of the words 'national treasure' being attached to me occasionally. It just makes me feel old.
