“Yet reason frowns in war's unequal game, Where wasted nations raise a single name; And mortgag'd states their grandsire's wreaths regret, From age to age in everlasting debt; Wreaths which at last the dear-bought right convey To rust on medals, or on stones decay.” WarStatesReasonAgeLastsGamesNamesNationsRegretHeroStonesRaisesDearDebtDecayEverlastingMedalRustWreaths Book:The Poems of Dr. Samuel Johnson. To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author Source: The Poems of Dr. Samuel Johnson. To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author
“The tattooed nation will live to regret this voluntary disfigurement.” NationsRegretTattooedDisfigurement Author:Tony Parsons
“I am, now as before, of the opinion that I did the best that I could do for my nation. I therefore do not regret my conduct and will bear the consequences that result from my conduct.” NationsResultsOpinionRegretBearsConsequence Author:Sophie Scholl
“Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless. Your time of decay may be distant, but it will surely come, for even the White Man ... cannot be exempt from the common destiny.” MenMayOrderNationsWhiteCommonDestinySeaRegretWaveUselessDecayTribesWhite ManNative American IndianNative American Spiritual Author:Chief Seattle
“The infant periods of most nations are buried in silence or veiled in fable; and the world perhaps has lost but little which it needs regret. The origin and outset of the American Republic contain lessons of which posterity ought not to be deprived: and happily there never was a case in which every interesting incident could be so accurately preserved.” WorldNeedsLittlesLostNationsInterestingEducationSilenceCasesRegretOughtPeriodsLessonsRepublicBuriedInfantVery InterestingDeprivedPosterityIncidentsFables Book:James Madison's Source: James Madison's
“Tribe follows tribe, nations follow nations like the tides of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless.” OrderNationsSeaRegretUselessNativeTidesNative AmericanTribes Author:Chief Seattle
“No words can describe the depths of my regret and pain at the anguish my mistakes over Watergate have caused the nation and the presidency - a nation I so deeply love and an institution I so greatly respect.” WarPainNationsMistakeRegretColdInstitutionsDepthCold WarPresidencyAnguishMy MistakesWatergate Author:Richard M. Nixon
“I say to the [European countries]: Hurry up and apologize to our nation, because if you do not, you will regret it. This is because our nation is progressing and is victorious. Do not leave a black mark in the collective memory of the nation, because our nation will not forgive you.” IfsCountryNationsBlackMemoriesProgressRegretMarkForgivingCollectivesApologizingEuropean CountriesYou Will RegretCollective Memory Author:Khaled Mashal
“Self-confidence is not pride. Just the contrary: only a person or a nation that is self-confident, in the best sense of the word, is capable of listening to others, accepting them as equals, forgiving its enemies and regretting its own guilt.” PersonsSelfNationsAcceptingEnemyRegretPrideListeningCapableForgivingGuiltSelf ConfidenceContrarySelf ConfidentListening To Others Author:Vaclav Havel
“The evil, Sir, is enormous; the inevitable suffering incalculable. Do not stain the fair fame of the country. . . . Nations of dependent Indians, against their will, under color of law, are driven from their homes into the wilderness. You cannot explain it; you cannot reason it away. . . . Our friends will view this measure with sorrow, and our enemies alone with joy. And we ourselves, Sir, when the interests and passions of the day are past, shall look back upon it, I fear, with self-reproach, and a regret as bitter as unavailing.” LooksSelfCountryReasonHomePastLawJoySufferingPassionEvilNationsInterestViewsEnemyColorRegretSorrowFameFairsDrivenEnormousBitterInevitableDependentWildernessStainsReproach Author:Edward Everett