Top 24 Quotes & Sayings by Nelson Rockefeller
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American president Nelson Rockefeller.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning.
It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in history, and to have a sense of purpose in relation to it.
Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.
The secret to success is to own nothing, but control everything.
The chief problem of low-income farmers is poverty.
There are three periods in life: youth, middle age and 'how well you look'.
There are three periods in life: youth, middle age and "how well you look".
Politics, of course, requires sweat, work, combat, and organization. But these should not be ugly words for and free people.
I am a great believer in planning- economic, social, political, military, total world planning.
There is no doubt that many expensive national projects may add to our prestige or serve science. But none of them must take precedence over human needs. As long as Congress does not revise its priorities, our crisis is not just material, it is a crisis of the spirit.
No man can hope to be elected in his state without being photographed eating a hot dog at Nathan's Famous.
The nation-state is becoming less and less competent to perform its international political tasks... These are some of the reasons pressing us to lead vigorously toward the true building of a new world order.
As President, I would work toward international creation of a new world order.
You can't leave footprints in the sands of time while sitting down.
Maybe this Watergate is like the Old Testament. It was visited upon us and maybe were going to benefit from it.
The secret to success is to own nothing, but control everything
I do not believe it right for one group to impose its vision of morality on an entire society.
The chief problem of the low-income farmers is poverty.
The United Nations, he told an audience at Harvard University, 'has not been able-nor can it be able-to shape a new world order which events so compellingly demand.' ... The new world order that will answer economic, military, and political problems, he said, 'urgently requires, I believe, that the United States take the leadership among all free peoples to make the underlying concepts and aspirations of national sovereignty truly meaningful through the federal approach.'
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
The fundamental question for the United States is how it can cooperate to help meet the basic needs of the people of the hemisphere despite the philosophical disagreements it may have with the nature of particular regimes. It must seek pragmatic ways to help people without necessarily embracing their governments. It should recognize that diplomatic relations are merely practical conveniences and not measures of moral judgment.
You have a challenge; never quit!
There are many other possibilities more enlightening than the struggle to become the local doctor's most affluent ulcer case.
A man should make all he can, and give all he
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