Governor, why wouldn't anyone want to say the Pledge of Allegiance, unless they detested their own country or were ignorant of its greatness?

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

France cannot be France without greatness.

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

President Reagan is now at rest. We mourn his passing, but we are grateful for the gifts he gave us: a safer world, strong economic base, and a renewed belief in America's greatness.

If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.