#nation

If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman... because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#am #another #because #could #first

Also everyone's hearts are in the right place when you do a small movie. You're not doing it for the money; you're not doing it for the possibility of an Oscar nomination. You are doing it because you love the material. ↗

— Kyra Sedgwick

#because #doing #everyone #hearts #love

It is all too evident that our nation, and the governments of other countries, require all the help they can get in order to fight the War on Terrorism against people who have no qualms about taking the lives of innocent men, women, and children. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#against #children #countries #evident #fight

Major League Baseball is a national institution and we take our responsibilities seriously when it comes to how the game affects the lives of American youth. ↗

— Bud Selig

#american #american youth #baseball #comes #game

Imagination... its limits are only those of the mind itself. ↗

— Rod Serling

#itself #limits #mind #only #those

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try! ↗

— Dr. Seuss

#high #left #low #oh #only

We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#because #fabric #large #large numbers #money

I cannot say that the attitude of the United Nations always is for the Israeli attitude. Israel, I think, has been under severe attacks by members of the United Nations many times. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#attacks #attitude #been #cannot #i

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#few people #i #international #made #more

The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#citizen #compromises #everybody #family #his