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 and/or nation:
“I see you boys of summer in your ruin.
Man in his maggot’s barren.
And boys are full and foreign in the pouch.
I am the man your father was.
We are the sons of flint and pitch.
O see the poles are kissing as they cross.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)