Father of the Nation is an honorific title given to a man considered the driving force behind the establishment of his country, state or nation. The term founding fathers may be used if more than one person is considered key.
Famous quotes containing the words father of the, father and/or nation:
“He is not heroic, as Raleigh, nor pious, as Herbert, nor philosophical, as Shakespeare, but he is the child of the English muse, that child which is the father of the man. The charm of his poetry consists often only in an exceeding naturalness, perfect sincerity, with the behavior of a child rather than of a man.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.”
—Enid Bagnold (1889–1981)
“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)