I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it.
When the written and spoken word is censored, the urban landscape becomes a nation's only physical link to the past.
It appears fashionable these days, and almost politically correct, to blame hard-working immigrants, especially those from Mexico and Central America, for the social and economic ills of our state and nation.
Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government.
Not only is New York City the nation's melting pot, it is also the casserole, the chafing dish and the charcoal grill.
How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation.
One of the hardest things I do as FBI Director is call the chiefs and sheriffs in departments around the nation when officers have been killed in the line of duty. I call to express my sorrow and offer the FBI's help.
What's the third largest nation in the world after China and India? It's the Facebook nation - 430 million people on Facebook.
America should function as a Christian nation.
Sir, there is no Christian nation, thus free to choose as we are, which would establish slavery.
The founding document of the United States of America acknowledges the Lordship of Jesus Christ because we are a Christian nation.
Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
I cite in my book countless examples of the foundational documents of the colonial period in America and the writings of the leaders, that this was intended to be a Christian nation.
There's a lot of America that's Christian. I would not describe us, though, on the whole, as a Christian nation.
Helping the poor doesn't mean redistributing the wealth. It means removing the breaks that give the wealthy an advantage so huge that big chunks of the nation's income are automatically removed from individual economic competition.
If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state?
The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
As it happens, Chicago is the nation's leader in municipal privatization efforts. That's right: The city that conservatives portray as the citadel of the power-grabbing, government-growing left has been selling itself off in pieces for years. It signed a 99-year lease for the Chicago Skyway, a toll road in the city's South Side, back in 2005.
During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
