National Problem Quotes

Although the race problem may seem to lie dormant at times, it continually exists, lives on and on and sometimes rages with all the fury of a jungle beast. It gnaws at the very vitals of our existence, in time it will sap our strength and destroy the greatness of our American way of life unless solved properly and permanently.

Mercury pollution from power plants is a national problem that requires a national response.

There are higher things than mere professional success as a lawyer, and one of them is usefulness in a situation like that of New York, the great National problem of America.

I have little need to remind you that water has become one of our major national concerns.

There is no national problem in the world today which cannot be resolved by reason alone.

The gun issue is a big, unresolved issue in this country right now. I think it's out of control.

We have a serious problem in this country, and that is securing this country and making sure that the rule of law's upheld. And I applaud Arizona in regards to this.

Everybody across this country knows that the tsunami of drugs is threatening their very families.

I think public health is kind of in a very sad state of affairs here in this country.

The problem belongs to the American national democracy, and its solution must be attempted by means of official national action.

Anything that is as old as racism is in the blood line of the nation. It's not any superficial thing-that attitude is in the blood and we have to educate about it.

Public charities, foodbanks and church pantries are doing more than ever before, but they can't keep up with the need. We can never end hunger only through the wonderful work of local charities. Like other Western democracies, we must end our national problem of hunger through national and political leadership. Charity is nice for some things, but not as a way to feed a nation. We don't protect our national security through charity, and we shouldn't protect our families and children that way either.

Treating unemployment as a national problem is almost always a mistake. Employment trends vary dramatically by race, geography, gender and level of education. But none of that is reflected in the all-encompassing unemployment rate, and hence policies informed only by that number are bound to fall short.

The Kurdish problem is not only the problem of one part of my nation: it is a problem of every one of us, including myself.

However, in recent years our nation has seen a sizable influx of illegal immigration that at best highlights some alarming inadequacies and at worst indicates a broken system.

The relation between the white and colored people of this country is the great, paramount, imperative, and all-commanding question for this age and nation to solve

The ongoing migration of persons to the United States in violation of our laws is a serious national problem detrimental to the interests of the United States.

Without calling the overall national issue a bubble, it's pretty clear that it's an unsustainable underlying pattern.

We need to face it, as a nation we have a reliance on petroleum.

Now, the education of our children is of national concern, and if they are not educated properly, it is a national calamity.

Of course there's racism in this country, and we have a terrible history of that in this nation.

Our most serious problem, perhaps, is that we have become a nation of fantasists. We believe, apparently, in the infinite availability of finite resources.

What we're trying to do is address something I saw in Congress that was a major problem, which is to say that energy is arguably the most fundamental issue confronting our country.

Y'see, when you start to lick a national problem you have to go after the fundamentables. You want to cut down air pollution? Cut down the original source... Breathin!

The worst thing we can do as a nation is taking the easy way out. If you start opening up offshore drilling, then you are buying time and you are not addressing the fundamental problem with fossil fuels.