“I want to stress, this is the experience-growing up in a working-class family-that defined me and continues to define me. It's the core of my being. And it explains, incidentally, a good deal about my love of America.” WantAmericaDealsClassGrowing UpGrowingStressCoreDefinedWorking Class Author:Geoff Dyer
“Let's remember that our leadership is defined not just by our defense against threats, but by the enormous opportunities to do good and promote understanding around the globe to forge greater cooperation, to expand new markets, to free people from fear and want. And no one is better positioned to take advantage of those opportunities than America.” PeopleWantAmericaRememberOpportunityUnderstandingGreaterAdvantageThreatDefenseEnormousDefinedCooperationGlobes Author:Barack Obama
“Another longstanding foreign policy flaw is the degree to which special interests dictate the way in which the "national interest" as a whole is defined and pursued.... America's important historic relationship with Israel has often led foreign policy decision-makers to defer reflexively to Israeli security assessments, and to replicate Israeli tactics, which, as the war in Lebanon last summer demonstrated, can turn out to be counter-productive.” WayImportantWarWholeLastsAmericaTurnsInterestDecisionSpecialSecurityPolicyDegreesSummerIsraelDefinedProductiveFlawsMakersForeign PolicyHistoricTacticsPursuedIsraeliAssessmentSpecial InterestsLebanonNational InterestsReplicateDecision MakersLast Summer Author:Samantha Power
“The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That is, it was founded on a faith that was not merely summed up after it had exited, but was defined before it existed.” FactsAmericaLyingNationsChurchGloryDefinedHistoric Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.” AmericaDefinedAfrican AmericanNever Change Author:Robert Griffin III