“The effort to improve the conditions of man, however, is not a task for the few. It is the task of all nations-acting alone, acting in groups, acting in the United Nations, for plague and pestilence, plunder and pollution, the hazards of nature and the hunger of children are the foes of every nation. The earth, the sea and the air are the concern of every nation. And science, technology and education can be the ally of every nation.” MenChildrenEarthNationsUnitedEffortActingTechnologyGroupsAirSeaConditionsConcernTasksEnvironmentalHungerAlliesPollutionUnited NationsFoePlagueHazardsPlunderPestilenceScience TechnologyTechnology And Education Author:John F. Kennedy
“In times of crisis our nation depends on the courage and determination of the Guard. You know the call of active duty can come at any time. You stand ready to put your lives on hold and answer that call, ... And you did so because you love your state and your country. America appreciates your courageous decision to serve. Together with your comrades in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Reserves, you are showing that patriotism is alive and well in Idaho and throughout the United States.” KnowsWellsCountryStatesTogetherAmericaForceNationsDecisionAnswersUnitedUnited StatesCourageAliveAirLove YouReadyDutyDependsDeterminationAppreciateArmyCrisisActiveCourageousReservesNavyMarineComradeAir ForceIdahoAppreciate YouTimes Of CrisisCourage And DeterminationArmy NavyCourageous Decisions Author:George H. W. Bush
“For plague and pestilence, plunder and pollution, the hazards of nature and the hunger of children are the foes of every nation. The earth, the sea and the air are the concern of every nation.” ChildrenEarthNationsAirSeaConcernHungerPollutionFoePlagueHazardsPlunderPestilence Author:John F. Kennedy
“The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air.” NationsAirSeaClaimsPossessionEmpiresSpiritedCalmer Author:Louis XVIII of France
“I marvel that whereas the ambitious dreams of my self, Caesar, and Alexander should have vanished into thin air, a Judean peasant-Jesus-s hould be able to stretch His hands across the centuries and control the destinies of men and nations.” MenShouldSelfDreamHandsAbleJesusNationsDestinyAirCenturyShould HaveAmbitiousPeasantsThin Air Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Hence when lightning fires the arch of heaven, and thunders rock the ground, when furious whirlwinds rend the howling air, and ocean, groaning from his lowest bed, heaves his tempestuous billows to the sky; amid the mighty uproar, while below the nations tremble, Shakespeare looks abroad from some high cliff, superior, and enjoys the elemental war.” LooksWarHeavenNationsEnjoyFireAirSkyRocksBedOceanSuperiorsLightningLowestThunderCliffsFuriousArchesElementalsGroaning Book:The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside ...: Collated with the Best Editions Source: The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside ...: Collated with the Best Editions
“I believe that during the intervention of NATO in Kosovo there is an element nobody can question: the air attacks, the bombs, are not caused by a material interest. Their character is exclusively humanitarian: What is at stake here are the principles, human rights which have priority above state sovereignty. This makes it legitimate to attack the Yugoslav Federation, although without the United Nations mandate.” BelieveHumansStatesCharacterI BelieveNationsInterestUnitedPrinciplesRightsAirMaterialsElementsHuman RightsHumanitarianPrioritiesBombsStakesSovereigntyUnited NationsInterventionMandatesNatoFederationKosovo Author:Vaclav Havel
“The sea, as well as the air, is a free and common thing to all; and a particular nation cannot pretend to have the right to the exclusion of all others, without violating the rights of nature and public usage.” WellsNationsFreedomCommonRightsAirSeaParticularExclusionUsageCommon Things Author:Elizabeth I
“Might the peasant expect the Almighty to stay the thunder storm, which clears the air of a nation from pestilence, lest the lightning bold should in its flash kill his cow?” ShouldMightNationsAirStormCowsFlashLightningAlmightyThunderPeasantsPestilence Author:Benjamin Butler
“If every violent program in the nation were blipped off the air for 48 hours, and replaced by reruns of the 'Donna Reed Show', there would not be one less death in South Central LA. At most you'd have several more incidents of people shooting out their TVs.” PeopleIfsShowsNationsHoursAirTelevisionTvsProgramSouthViolentShootingReplacedIncidentsReedsReruns48 Hours Author:J. Michael Straczynski
“Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and we can never forget the importance of their commitment to our Nation.” ForceNationsForgetEnemyAirProtectCommitmentImportanceConstitutionArmyNever ForgetCoastNavyMarineOathAir ForceArmy NavyCoast Guard Author:Robin Hayes
“I'm just happy our nations are on the same page of keeping shitty reality TV on the air. Small world!” WorldHumorRealityFunnyNationsAirTvsPagesReality TvSmall World Author:Kristen Schaal
“If policymakers are serious about avoiding a society of TV 'haves and have-nots,' they should refrain from policies that favor pay-TV operators over the providers of our nation's only free and local communications system: over-the-air broadcasting.” IfsShouldNationsPayAirPolicySeriousTvsCommunicationFavorsLocalsAvoidingRefrainProvidersBroadcastingOperatorsHaves And Have Nots Author:Gordon Smith
“I do not dislike the French from the vulgar antipathy between neighboring nations, but for their insolent and unfounded air of superiority.” NationsAirDislikeSuperiorityVulgarAntipathyInsolent Author:Horace Walpole
“The nations, and the sects, of the Roman world, admitted with equal credulity, and similar abhorrence, the reality of that infernal art [witchcraft], which was able to control the eternal order of the planets, and the voluntary operations of the human mind. . . . They believed, with the wildest inconsistency, that this preternatural dominion of the air, of earth, and of hell, was exercised, from the vilest motives of malice or gain, by some wrinkled hags and itinerant sorcerers, who passed their obscure lives in penury and contempt.” WorldMindHumansArtRealityAbleEarthOrderNationsHellAirPlanetsEqualEternalGainsOperationsMotiveHuman MindContemptObscureMaliceWitchcraftDominionSectsCredulityInconsistencyAbhorrence Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“Patriotism at the expense of another nation is as wicked as racism at the expense of another race. . . Let us resolve to be patriots always, nationalists never. Let us love our country, but pledge allegiance to the earth and to the flora and fauna and human life that it supports - one planet indivisible, with clean air,... soil and water; with liberty, justice and peace for all.” LoveLifeHumansCountryEarthNationsPeaceWaterJusticeFreedomRaceLibertySupportAirPlanetsRacismCleanOur CountryHuman LifeSoilWickedNationalismResolvePatrioticExpensesPatriotPledgeAllegiancePeace And JusticeIndivisibleFloraClean AirIt SupportFlora And Fauna Author:William Sloane Coffin
“France and Germany were opposed to a maritime blockade of the Adriatic Sea without a mandate from the United Nations (UN). So, what we witnessed in Kosovo was an extraordinary war, a war waged solely with bombs from the air.” WarNationsUnitedAirSeaExtraordinaryFranceGermanyBombsUnited NationsMandatesKosovoMaritimeBlockades Author:Paul Virilio