A Quotes
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“America is still a government of the naive, for the naive, and by the naive. He who does not know this, nor relish it, has no inkling of the nature of his country.”
Source: INWARD HO!
“America is still AmeriKKKa. rather we like it or not”
“America is still an eagle, and she's ready to soar again.”
Source: Ronald Reagan
“America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That's the nature of America, I think.”
“America is still raging with racism.”
Source: Why Are You Obsessed with My Race?
“America is still raging with racism. It is tearing everyone apart from the inside out. It is causing much pain for all. I think we can heal America, and it can be born again, but this time with the truth, understanding, sympathy, hope, peace, respect, and love for all.”
Source: Why Are You Obsessed with My Race?
“America is still the best country for the common man -- white or black ... if he can't make it here he won't make it anywhere else.”
“America is still the land of opportunity for most, but it is not a land of opportunity for all. If we are to remain an exceptional nation, we must close this gap in opportunity.”
“America is still the No. 1 killer in the world.”
“America is stronger than any state probably since the Roman Empire. But we can't do what used to be done with that kind of strength.”
“America is stronger than Russia. Our economy is 16 times larger than the Russian economy.”
“America is subsidizing what is left of the prestige and strength of the once mighty Britain. The sun has set forever on that monocled, pith-helmeted resident colonialist, sipping tea with his delicate lady in the non-white colonies being systematically robbed of every valuable resource. Britain's superfluous royalty and nobility now exist by charging tourists to inspect the once baronial castles, and by selling memoirs, perfumes, autographs, titles, and even themselves.”
Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“America is successful because of the hard work and creativity and enterprise of our people.”
“America is such a great country, we have fat poor people.”
“America is such a mess right now, and it's getting worse all the time. It seems as though the whole atmosphere of our nation - of unrest and unsettledness and need and struggle - is pointing to a most wonderful, opportune time to present the reason for our hope.”
“America is such a paradoxical society, hypocritically paradoxical, that if you don't have some humor, you'll crack up.”
“America is supposed to be given over to ugliness. There are a good many ugly things there and the ugliest are the most pretentious.”
Source: Lectures and Essays
“America is supposed to be the richest and most powerful nation and we don't have health care for everybody.”
“America is supposed to pride itself on freedom of religion, race, and class. It's something that is carried on from ignorance and territorialism. I don't know if it's a transcendental pre-colonial mentality but I don't see too many other races of people trippin' about who is coming in and coming out. I think it's primarily racism disguised as class wars.”
“America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts.”
“America is thataway, Mr. Lincoln," laughed Davis, pointing north. "You're in Mississippi now.”
“America is the best half-educated country in the world.”
“America is the brokest country in history. We owe more money than anyone has ever owed anyone. And Obama and Reid say relax, that's no reason not to spend more - because the world hasn't yet concluded we have no intention of paying it back. When they do, the dollar will collapse.”
“America is the country where you can buy a lifetime supply of aspirin For one dollar and use it up in two weeks.”
“America is the first country where people go to the poor house in their car.”
“America is the first country... that can actually have a bloodless revolution.”
“America is the first culture in jeopardy of amusing itself to death.”
“America is the greatest country in the whole world.”
“America is the greatest country in the world - I love America. What I've accomplished could not have been done anywhere else.”
“America is the greatest country in the world, his father always used to tell him, as long as you don't run out of money.”
Source: Godspeed
“America is the greatest country on Earth. But because of some of the mistakes that have been made, we, I think, are going to have a lot of work to do in the next administration to restore that sense that America is that shining beacon on a hill.”
“America is the greatest engine of innovation that has ever existed, and it can't be duplicated anytime soon, because it is the product of a multitude of factors: extreme freedom of thought, an emphasis on independent thinking, a steady immigration of new minds, a risk-taking culture with no stigma attached to trying and failing, a noncorrupt bureaucracy, and financial markets and a venture capital system that are unrivaled at taking new ideas and turning them into global products.”
“America is the greatest force for good in the history of the world.”
“America is the greatest nation in the history of the world. There's nothing like America.”
“America is the greatest of opportunities and the worst of influences.”
Source: The letters of George Santayana
“America is the greatest sin against God.”
“America is the greatest, freest and most decent society in existence. It is an oasis of goodness in a desert of cynicism and barbarism. This country, once an experiment unique in the world, is now the last best hope for the world.”
Source: What's So Great About America
“America is the home of rifle shooting, and there is no doubt that Americans are....more "rifle-minded" than the British.”
Source: African Rifles and Cartridges
“America is the hope of the earth.”
“America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.”
“America is the land of liberty for white people, but for the people of color it's Nazi Germany.”
Source: Generation Corazon: Nationalism is Terrorism
“America is the land of opportunity, and people can live in America and be who they want to be. Don't deny your faith. Don't deny your ethnicity. Don't stereotype Muslim women, because as you can see with me, or in Lebanon, for example, beauty is appreciated.”
“America is the land of the mutts.”
“America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.”
“America is the land of wide lawns and narrow minds.”
“America is the largest corporation on the planet. You wouldn't hire a novice to run a similarly sized company in the private markets. My father has created more jobs through his private businesses than certainly any of the candidates. Mitt Romney has executive experience, but it's a different type. He didn't run entrepreneurial businesses.”
“America is the largest investor in the technologies necessary to be able to say to people, 'You can grow your economy so people's standard of living can improve, and at the same time be good stewards of the environment'.”
“America is the longest argument in the world.”
“America is the moral force that defeated communism and all those who would put the human soul itself into bondage.”
Source: The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan
“America is the most compassionate country in the entire world. We do more for folks around this world. And that's the nature of the American people.”