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“Increased revenues, meaning higher taxes, will be a central element of any successful long-term budget plan, and President Obama is right to insist that the wealthy - the slice of America that has come through the recession in by far the best financial health - should provide those funds.”

Should Long America President Term Successful Plans Higher Taxes Elements Financial Budgets Long Term Fund Wealthy President Obama Revenue Recessions

Author:Steven Rattner

“I'm not suggesting our music is the only music, but I am suggesting that there are certain elements in America's culture that are so precious that it would be a shame for them to go down the drain.”

Would Be America Certain Culture Elements Music Is Shame Drains Suggesting

Author:Johnny Otis

“I think if you're writing from the heart, very often, the subject matter will adjust as you age... but you try to write the best song you can possibly write. For us, we have the same basic elements that make up the America sound.”

Ifs Thinking Writing Trying Heart Matter Age America Song Sound Subjects Elements Subject Matter Writing From The Heart

Author:Gerry Beckley

“We talk about spreading democracy and freedom all over the world, but they are to us words rather than conditions. We haven't even got them here in America, and the farther we get into this war the farther we get away from democracy and freedom. Where is it leading us to, and when will it end? The war might stop this winter, but that is improbable. It may go on for fifty years or more. That also is improbable. The elements are too conflicting and confused to form any accurate judgment of its length. There may be a series of wars, one after another, going on indefinitely.”

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Author:Charles Lindbergh

“American life is a powerful solvent. It seems to neutralize every intellectual element, however tough and alien it may be, and to fuse it in the native good will, complacency, thoughtlessness, and optimism.”

May Seems America Life Is Powerful Elements Intellectual Tough Optimism Aliens Native Good Will Complacency American Life Fuse Thoughtlessness

Book:Character & Opinion in the United States: With Reminiscences of William James and Josiah Royce and Academic Life in America

Source: Character & Opinion in the United States: With Reminiscences of William James and Josiah Royce and Academic Life in America

“The thing that attracts people to "The Sopranos" is the family element. It shows that America still has a longing for that traditional upbringing.”

People Stills Shows America Elements Longing Traditional Upbringing Sopranos

Author:Christine O'Donnell

“New York is a meeting place for every race in the world, but the Chinese, Armenians, Russians, and Germans remain foreigners. So does everyone except the blacks. There is no doubt but that the blacks exercise great influence in North America, and, no matter what anyone says, they are the most delicate, spiritual element in that world.”

“That's exactly what made America so different, we don't have that colonial aspect of let's go conquer somebody else and make our nation bigger and that's because of the faith element.”

Made Different America Nations Elements Aspect Bigger Conquer

Author:David Barton