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Infrastructure sector is all about building assets for the country. It is part of nation building. -- Gautam Adani
When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation. -- Al Franken
President Obama and Democrats won a mandate to move us forward with jobs, healthcare reform, equality, and nation building here at home. -- Christine Pelosi
When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building. -- Zaha Hadid
We were told this war would be over in a matter of weeks, and that the Iraqis would be able to finance it with oil sales. We were promised it was not a mission of nation building. -- Sherrod Brown
As recent as the year 2000 we won elections by saying we shouldn't be the policemen of the world, and that we should not be nation building. And its time we got those values back into this country. -- Ron Paul
I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation building. -- George W. Bush
The first and most important component in nation building is LAW. Law is the source of national Cohesion. -- Myles Munroe
We are not engaged in domestic politics, in church building or in social uplift work, but we are engaged in nation building. -- Marcus Garvey
I have seen people wanting to devote their time & energy to nation building. All they need is an opportunity. 'MyGov' is that opportunity! -- Narendra Modi
I think that before you take on nation building in your mind's eye as to how it should be, you'd better have a clear understanding if this is doable and will work. -- Anthony Zinni
I saw the president make the tough calls in the Situation Room - and today, our troops in Iraq have finally come home so America can do some nation building here at home. That was the change that we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered. -- Rahm Emanuel
In general, Americans are not very good at nation-building and not very good colonialists. -- Francis Fukuyama
It's not the job of the U.S. military to do nation-building or produce democratic utopias. -- Ted Cruz
The people gave me the responsibility of building the future of this nation. And I did it with honor. -- Hosni Mubarak
Whether addressing immediate crises or building long-term foundations of peace, the United Nations will remain committed to solutions that advance the global good. -- Ban Ki-moon
Bombing the Murrah Federal Building was morally and strategically equivalent to the U.S. hitting a government building in Serbia, Iraq, or other nations. -- Timothy McVeigh
Teachers have the hardest and most important jobs in America. They're building our nation. And we should appreciate them, respect them, and pay them well. -- Jim Hunt
I don't know any nation on Earth that succeeded in creating a strong middle class with rising wages based on building a stronger and bigger government. -- Mitt Romney
There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference. -- John Bolton
The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend. -- George W. Bush
In time it will become clear to everyone that support for the policies of pre-emptive war and interventionist nation-building will have much greater significance than the removal of Saddam Hussein itself. -- Ron Paul
The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world. -- Gary Oldman
I envy those Hindus and Buddhists who have in their religion philosophy and ancestor worship which build in the believer a continuity with the past, and that most important ingredient in the building of a nation - memory. -- F. Sionil Jose
What was new was the symbolic force of the targets struck. The attackers did not just physically cause the highest buildings in Manhattan to collapse; they also destroyed an icon in the household imagery of the American nation. -- Jurgen Habermas
This is our history - from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of our most historic bridges - our American ancestors prioritized growth and investment in our nation's infrastructure. -- Cory Booker
We're not into nation-building. We're into justice. -- George W. Bush
Bush humble foreign policy was hijacked into nation-building. -- Ron Paul
We want to make nation-building a people's movement. -- Narendra Modi
Nation-building is never a 'done deal' confined to history already established. -- Aberjhani
The people gave me the responsibility of building the future of this nation And I did it with honor. -- Hosni Mubarak
Part of building a new nation means building a spirit of tolerance, love and respect amongst the people of this country. -- Nelson Mandela
Let the professionals like doctors & engineers teach in schools once a week. Let's make teaching a national movement necessary for Nation building. -- Narendra Modi
If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road. -- George W. Bush
In America, about the only thing censored today is Christianity, the same Christianity that was the driving force behind the building of this great nation. -- Rick Scarborough
WOMEN must be at the forefront of nation-building to bring the South African citizenry together and, therefore, develop a whole new ethos of human co-existence -- Steven Biko
Our nation will succeed or fail to the degree that all of us - citizens and businesses alike - are active participanats in building strong, sustainable and enriching communities. -- Arnold Hiatt
We should be building a nation and it should be called the United States of America. We are spending all our money nation-building in other places and they don't even want us. -- Donald Trump
Thanks to the heroic sons and daughters of this country, who have paid sacrifices, we have been able to score a number of victories which are encouraging the nation-building process we are engaged in. -- Girma Woldegiorgis

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