<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The measure of a nation is not whether it has... > The measure of a nation is not whether it has failed, but whether its highest principles can still correct its failures. **Source:** [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-extraction-markup-20260922/postimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-extraction-markup-20260922/preimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-reminder-links-repair-20260922/postimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-reminder-links-repair-20260922/preimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The measure of a nation is not whether it has failed, but whether its highest principles can still correct its failures.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-measure-nation-whether-still-correct-failures ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->