A Quotes
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“America .. the international Jekyll and Hyde ... the land of a thousand disguises, sneaks up on you but rarely surprises”
“America ... has ever had, and I trust she ever will have, my honest exertions to promote her interest. I cannot hope that my services have been the best; but my heart tells me they have been the best that I could render.”
Source: Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution. June, 1775, to July, 1776 (v. 3); July, 1776, to July, 1777 (v. 4); July, 1777, to July, 1778 (v. 5); July, 1778, to March, 1780 (v. 6); March, 1780, to April, 1781 (v. 7); April, 1781, to December, 1783 (v. 8)
“America ... holds up its way of life as the ideal for every nation, and seeks to impose its own standards of living - which many people think ridiculously and unwholesomely high - on others, partly of course in the search for markets. If it were openly stated that it was just a search for markets, that would be one thing, but it is not; by a tremendous propaganda campaign this materialistic conception is held up as an ideal, as somehow part of liberty, and above all, as a form of happiness.”
“America 2012: The Learning Channel has HoneyBooBoo, History Channel has PawnStars: and the Science Channel has PumpkinChunkin”
“America: A country that thinks it is the 'Greatest Nation On Earth’, ran by a president that belongs in jail, with sickened citizens that cannot get their disability payments.”
“America acknowledged the greatness of Confucius through a trio of ancient lawgivers—Moses flanked by Confucius to his right and Solon on his left—on the monument to “Justice, the Guardian of Liberty” displayed on the eastern pediment of the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.”
Source: Peaceful War: How the Chinese Dream and the American Destiny Create a New Pacific World Order
“America ain’t three fifths bad.”
“America allows us to be able to dream, then gives us the ability to achieve those dreams.”
“America already holds the record for freak movements. Now we have a new one. It's called "Restoring Confidence." Rich men who never had a mission in life outside of watching a stock ticker are working day and night "restoring confidence." Writers are working night shifts, speakers' tables are littered up, ministers are preaching statistics, all on "restoring confidence."”
Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929
“America already is great, but we are great because we are good, and we will respect one another, and we will work with one another, and we will celebrate our diversity.”
“America always put forth this phony melting pot theory, but it's a reality now. They couldn't accomplish the melting pot economically; they couldn't accomplish it politically, or through education and science. But America has become a consumer society, and I see young people in the cities - of all colors and races - hanging out together over consumerism.”
“America always seemed to me this foreign land that I imagined I could escape to if I needed to get away - and I think that came both from the fact that I was born there and from watching so many American movies when I was a kid. I was brought up on American films.”
“America always thought it was helping Pakistan. But if it hadn't helped Pakistan, Pakistan would have been a stronger country.”
“America and Americans always rise to the occasion. If we say we are going to stamp out hunger, I believe we will.”
“America and Canada are the best friends. We've always been the best friends.”
“America and China need to understand each other.”
“America and Europe are getting closer to each other. In the U.S. you've always had hip - hop, the blues, soul, and rock. For the last decade, there has always been a lot of electronic music in Europe. When I was just at Coachella, I noticed how the music they play there has become electronic, techno, deep house, more European - so I think it's more similar than before.”
“America and Europe are so different in the way they conceive of themselves and art and cinema.”
“America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.”
“America and its allies are engaged in a war against a terrorist movement that spans all corners of the globe. It is sparked by radical ideologues that breed hatred, oppression, and violence against all of their declared enemies.”
“America and Japan are the two leading world economies in terms of technology and innovative products. And in software, information-age technology and biotechnology the U.S. has an amazing lead.”
“America and Mexico are both a nation of immigrants and we are a nation of laws and we can act accordingly.”
“America and the world is not yet on the proper trajectory.”
“America and Western Europe are on a moneymaking, pleasure-mad spree unparalleled in the history of the world. God is generally ignored or ridiculed. Church members in many cases are only halfhearted Christians. Judgment is coming.”
Source: Billy Graham in Quotes
“America as a nation cannot walk in faith and fear at the same time.”
“America as a setting seems inexhaustibly fascinating to me, and I think there's something about the outsider viewpoint that works for me. Being of Jewish descent in England always carried a vague sense of being foreign, while not being a practicing Jew made it hard to think of myself as fully Jewish either. So living here in a way just clarifies that terminal outsider position - makes it somehow official, which I like.”
“America as did with Israel with its blessing has been turning away from God driving Him out of its public squares. Bring in idols in its place and calling what is evil good and what is good evil. ... The glory of the city on the hill is fading and America now stands in danger of impending judgment, and we all know it.”
“America as we know it will end unless we end Medicare as we know it.”
“America at its best is inclusive and not exclusive.”
“America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other people's rights and their sense of patriotism.”
“America
became a dirty word
in 1492
when
we
landed”
Source: (Newspaper Blackout) [By: Kleon, Austin] [May, 2010]
“America became a great civilization thanks to a culture based on the value of having to earn almost everything an American got in life. As it abandons this value, it will become a mediocre civilization. And eventually it will not be America. It will be a large Sweden, and just as influential as the smaller one.”
“America became a great nation early on not because it was flooded with politicians, but because it was flooded with people who understood the value of personal responsibility, hard work, creativity, innovation, and that's what will get us on the right track now, as well.”
“America became a special source of attraction to people who were fleeing the aftereffects of the 30 Years War and the religious persecution that began to sweep through Europe in the period between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. And when people got here, very often they succeeded.”
“America being behind France in upward mobility is a little bit like France being behind America in Croissants and Afternoon Sex.”
“America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.”
“America believes in freedom. The English don't believe in it. They don't believe in happiness.”
“America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.”
“America belongs to all who live here and call her home; of every color and background; that is central to what makes America great. those who believe otherwise are (in my opinion) other then American...”
Source: Random Molecular Mirroring
“America betrays its friends. It sets them up and betrays them. I'd rather be America's enemy.”
“America breaks my heart
some days and some days it breaks itself into two.”
Source: Dialogues with Rising Tides
“America breeds ambition and while that can be a good thing, sometimes it's not. Ambition also breeds competition and that can be a very bad thing. People become chronically preoccupied with competing and don't know when to stop. It can become unhealthy.”
“America can be a partner with China. We don't have to be an adversary in any way, shape or form. We can work with them, we can collaborate with them, if they're willing to be responsible.”
“America can be a very hysterical country intellectually and very puritanical, too. You probably have fun in private, but to the rest of the world you seem to hate fun - to be big on agendas and short on spontaneity. The image you present is one of appalling conformity. The thought police is what you are ruled by.”
“America can be saved only by what it's trying to destroy.”
Source: Americana
“America can compete with anyone in the world as long as the playing field is level. China's been cheating over the years. One by holding down the value of their currency. Number two, by stealing our intellectual property; our designs, our patents, our technology. We will have to have people play on a fair basis.”
“America can do whatever we set our mind to. That is the story of our history, whether it's the pursuit of prosperity for our people, or the struggle for equality for all our citizens; our commitment to stand up for our values abroad, and our sacrifices to make the world a safer place. Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
“America can enjoy a vital, fully functioning government, with all the benefits provided by Texas, while reducing Texas at the same time.”
“America can no longer afford to get the Nobel Prizes while our competitors get the profits.”
“America can only live up to its potential when each and every American has the chance to live up to your potential, too.”