“It was from America that the plain ideas that men ought to mind their business, and that the nation is responsible to Heaven for the acts of the State, - ideas long locked in the breast of solitary thinkers, and hidden among Latin folios, - burst forth like a conqueror upon the world they were destined to transform, under the title of the Rights of Man... and the principle gained ground, that a nation can never abandon its fate to an authority it cannot control.” MenWorldMindLongIdeasStatesAmericaHeavenNationsPrinciplesFateRightsOughtAuthorityResponsibleTitlesBreastsAbandonLatinThinkerLockedSolitaryDestinedConqueror Author:Lord Acton
“From the very beginning, the American dream meant proving to all mankind that freedom, justice, human rights and democracy were no utopia but were rather the most realistic policy there is and the most likely to improve the fate of each and every person.” HumansPersonsDreamAmericaJusticeDemocracyFateRightsMankindPolicyProveHuman RightsRealisticAmerican DreamUtopia Author:Nicolas Sarkozy
“We here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men.” IfsMenWorldYearsHandsLightEyeAmericaHopeFateShameGoldenDustResolveTrailsDisgrace Book:The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations Source: The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations