One chief supporter of the law, Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, said at the time: "We are a compassionate nation, but we should not be fools.

She did add, "We take the responsibility of being a compassionate nation seriously."

Fifty percent of the blacks, as against 33 percent of the whites, said they did not believe Mr. Bush would create a more compassionate nation.

"We are a compassionate nation but we should not be fools," said Senator Orrin G. Hatch, a Utah Republican who has fought for the measure for eight years.

The cuts often had a painful effect on those parts of Canadian life that people here believed made Canada a more compassionate nation than the United States.

We're a compassionate nation.

Despite our claim to be a compassionate nation, will we act to aggressively dismantle the institutions that perpetuate poverty, even after this disaster?

In the wake of this disaster, I hope our government, scientists and engineers will with some humanity and humility try to learn something from the accomplishments of a small but compassionate and determined nation.

As a compassionate nation, we are called to spread awareness about malaria - and we're called to act.

This aims to promote Scotland as a kind and compassionate nation through the "journey of kindness" made by the SconeStone across the world.