Nawaz Sharif Quotes

When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.

As one of the country's largest land-grant universities, Ohio State must play a critical role in moving our country forward.

Our country has deliberately undertaken a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.

Instead of condemning Israel, the underdeveloped countries should take it as an example of how to build an advanced, prosperous nation.

Construction is an important front for solidifying the foundations of a thriving country and creating bases for the people's happy life.

I want to leave New Zealand in better shape than I found it. I know the job of prime minister is not forever and I'm going to do the best I can every day to make that difference.

We're a superpower with a Third World grid.

The world has shown that if you provide capital and expertise to an area that is starved for capital and expertise, really good things will happen.

My question about everything I do is, does it make our country stronger?

Uribe and I have very good relations. I owe him loyalty, I admire him, he did great things for our country, and I think that because of what he did, I can now concentrate on different issues, different from what he concentrated on.

Liberia just needs to go through this one political transition and it can really take off. Everything's in place now. We cannot afford to put the country in the hands of someone that lacks the experience.

Rwanda really did take very strong steps towards development. I mean, this place is unrecognizable. There's a very good management of economy and resources - it's a success story, and that's great.

Pakistan is not about to crack down on terror groups or cut its military budget in order to build roads, schools and hospitals.

India is now changing and regaining its lustre, and it is coming of age.

Throughout U.S. history, competent public investments have been an essential complement to private investments - from the Louisiana Purchase, to land-grant colleges, to the Interstate Highway System, to the Internet.

Other interests of high importance will claim attention, among which the improvement of our country by roads and canals, proceeding always with a constitutional sanction, holds a distinguished place. By thus facilitating the intercourse between the States we shall add much to the convenience and comfort of our fellow-citizens, much to the ornament of the country, and, what is of greater importance, we shall shorten distances, and, by making each part more accessible to and dependent on the other, we shall bind the Union more closely together.

Since the day that we first trod the soil of these valleys, have we received any assistance from our neighbors? No, we have not. We have built our homes, our cities, have made our farms, have dug our canals and water ditches, have subdued this barren country, have fed the stranger, have clothed the naked, have immigrated the poor from foreign lands, have placed them in a condition to make all comfortable and have made some rich. We have fed the Indians to the amount of thousands of dollars yearly, have clothed them in part, and have sustained several Indian wars, and now we have built thirty-seven miles of railroad. All this having been done, are our cities, our counties and the Territory in debt? No, not the first dollar.

The social goals are the most difficult to achieve in the development of any country.

In May 1961 when I took over power as the leader of the revolutionary group, I honestly felt as if I had been given a pilfered household or bankrupt firm to manage. Around me I could find little hope of encouragement. The outlook was bleak. But i had to rise above this pessimism to rehabilitate the household. I had to destroy, once and for all, the vicious circle of poverty and economic stagnation. Only by reforming the economic structure would we lay a foundation for decent living standards.

It is not parties that make or save countries or that build them to greatness. It is clean men, clean ordinary citizens, the masses.

We have a vision of a strong and prosperous India and an equally strong belief that this vision is achievable.

As India becomes more tax-compliant, government revenues will improve, and we will be able to serve the poor better. We can have better roads, healthcare, education, and improve the life of farmers.

I would like to pass into history as the man of the economic miracle of Angola... That's my mission.

Only by a process of peaceful evolution can China accomplish its own goals of being a free, prosperous, and strong country.

It should be a matter of pride for all of us that the taxes we pay are used for nation building - to help the poor and the marginalised, to build rural and urban infrastructure, and to strengthen our border defences.