To avoid destruction the United States need only measure up to its own best traditions and prove itself worthy of preservation as a great nation.
This question has to be examined, not only in the context of U.S.-China relationships, it has to be looked at in the light of historical relationships, in which the major European powers, including the U.S., sought to achieve their own objectives in opening trade with China and, as a consequence, humiliated a great nation.
Pretty much all of the French candidates have tried to mark themselves out with voters by defining new limits on international co-operation and by emphasising that France, as a great and historic nation, can keep certain international forces at bay.
At a time when Portugal was a great seafaring nation Columbus worked as common seaman on a merchant ship and as a chart-maker before entering the service of King John II of Portugal.
On this 10th anniversary, we still face great challenges as a nation.
But if America is to remain a great nation, what must somehow be restored as the centerpiece of the nation's goals is not collective "change, " but individual liberty.
And throughout that stalemate, on this blog and elsewhere, I have taken the unpopular position that India, as the more powerful nation with a great strategic incentive to put this conflict behind it, should compromise.
Ricky Herbert, coach of New Zealand's national team the "All Whites", told the NZ Soccer Web site the tournament is always hugely attractive to the South Pacific nation as it offers a great opportunity for the national team.
Despite the historical significance of electing Barack Obama into the Oval Office twice, and the great victories we accomplished together as a nation in the past 50 years, King would urge us to continue his work since a lot more needs to be done.
W. Griffith's 1915 "The Birth of a Nation, " regarded as the first great American film epic, whose glorification of the Ku Klux Klan makes contemporary audiences uneasy at best, infuriated at worst.
As our great Nation debates over whether to grant a path to citizenship to undocumented immigrants who have been here for decades, I share my own story of how I became an American, and how it inspires me to help others achieve that same dream.
To this day it amazes me how this very American sport has the ability to bring our citizens together, enjoy their favorite teams as they compete with a great spirit and effort that has always defined not only the game, but our nation as a whole.
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This nation is great because we worked as a team.
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They have done the nation, as well as me personally, a great service by submitting a report of such integrity and depth.
It was a flame it was a flame that led the way for pioneers as we expanded this great nation out west.
As we look ahead, the United States welcomes China's emergence as a full and constructive partner in the community of nations, a great nation that joins its strength and influence to our own to advance peace and prosperity, freedom and security.
The rapport with Hanoi is of great reassurance to a landlocked nation surrounded by such powerful neighbors as China and Thailand.
But divided, for whatever reasons, including seemingly harmless motivations, we as a nation will not only fail our own expectations, but may inflict great havoc to the rest of the world.
You remind us as a nation that that no problem is too hard and no challenge is too great, and no destiny is beyond our reach.
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"What I saw in Tahrir Square, I saw a great nation itself, " says El Nabawy, his face lighting up as he recalls his countrymen's uprising.
Its eight House seats are divided equally between the parties, and while its political differences are great, when taken as a whole Maryland is moderate with a slight Democratic edge, like the nation itself.
Regardless of how it happened, the devastation of the Great Chicago Fire quickly turned into one of the young city's great blessings, as the moment in history and the location at the heart of a growing industrial nation ensured that Chicago would not merely be rebuilt.
Look, because of the President's bold leadership, we weathered the most ferocious economic storm this nation has seen since the Great Depression, keeping us from sliding into a depression, as some leading economists suggested.
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