“I'm a bluesman moving through a blues-soaked America, a blues-soaked world, a planet where catastrophe and celebration - joy and pain - sit side by side.” WorldPainAmericaMovingJoySidesPlanetsCelebrationCatastrophePlantationsJoy And Pain Book:Brother West Source: Brother West
“The same technology transforming our lives can solve the greatest problem of the 20th century. A security shield can one day render nuclear weapons obsolete and free mankind from the prison of nuclear terror. America met one historic challenge and went to the Moon. Now America must meet another: to make our strategic defense real for all the citizens of planet Earth.” RealProblemEarthAmericaChallengesTechnologyOur LivesMankindCenturySecurityPlanetsCitizensMetsOne DayMoonWeaponsPrisonTerrorSolveDefenseNuclearNuclear Weapons20th CenturyHistoricTransformingShieldsStrategicObsoletePlanet Earth Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1986 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1986
“To ensure prosperity here at home and peace abroad, we all share the belief we have to maintain the strongest military on the planet.” HomeAmericaBeliefShareMilitaryPlanetsProsperityStrongest Author:Barack Obama
“To bear witness to all the unnecessary suffering on the planet and make ourselves available to service - whatever that means for each of us. We go deep in our personal relationships in America, but we need to go deep in our public relationships as well.” NeedsWellsMeanAmericaSufferingPlanetsBearsAvailableWitnessUnnecessaryPublic RelationsPersonal RelationshipsUnnecessary Suffering Author:Marianne Williamson
“We tend to think of America's days of frontier exploration as being behind us, but that's because we tend not to think of the other 71% of our blue planet.” ThinkingAmericaBehindsPlanetsBlueExplorationFrontiersBlue Planet Author:David Helvarg
“That wall, embodied in the First Amendment, is perhaps America's most important contribution to political progress on this planet.” FirstsImportantAmericaPoliticalProgressAtheismPlanetsWallPositive AtheismContributionAmendmentsFirst AmendmentImportant Contributions Author:Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
“Everywhere - all over Africa and South America - you see these suburbs springing up. They represent the optimum of what people want. There's a certain sort of logic leading towards these immaculate suburbs. And they're terrifying, because they are the death of the soul. This is the prison this planet is being turned into.” PeopleWantSoulAmericaCertainPlanetsLogicPrisonSouthSuburbsSouth AmericaImmaculateOptimum Author:J. G. Ballard
“When I was on The View, Barbara Walters was asking me about the blood and stuff, and I said, 'Well, you know, that's a staple of Japanese cinema.' And then she came back, 'But this is America.' And I go, 'I don't make movies for America. I make movies for planet Earth.'” KnowsWellsSaidEarthAmericaStuffViewsBloodPlanetsAskingCinemaPlanet EarthBarbaraStaples Author:Quentin Tarantino
“We want our children to live in an America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened by inequality, that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet.” WantChildrenAmericaPoliticsPlanetsOur ChildrenClimate ChangeDebtInequalityDestructiveThreatenedDestructive Power Author:Barack Obama