“An important contribution to a much-neglected but very important subject. No other author has set out to do what Davenport accomplishes, which is a systematic study of how key representatives of America's rising tide of religion attempted a theoretical understanding of, and practical response to, America's rising tide of commerce.” ImportantAmericaUnderstandingStudySubjectsKeysResponseAccomplishPracticalsRisingContributionTidesRepresentativesCommerceTheoreticalNeglectedSystematicImportant Contributions Author:Mark Noll
“My photography is very European. In America, I always get the sense that people are comforted by understanding what they're looking at. Photography's quite clear here [in the U.S.], it's very well-explained. My photography's perhaps not as well-explained.” PeopleWellsAmericaUnderstandingClearPhotography Author:Anton Corbijn
“For future geopolitical stability and global prosperity, we need to build a culture of greater trust and understanding between China, America and the rest of the world.” WorldNeedsAmericaCultureUnderstandingGreaterProsperityChinaStabilityGeopolitical Author:Stephen A. Schwarzman
“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
“Join America taught English, an understanding of the U.S. Constitution, that the Bill of Rights is the ultimate insurance policy for a citizen, and that being a citizen is not an entitlement. And we also taught a bit of capitalism.” AmericaBitsUnderstandingRightsPolicyTaughtCitizensCapitalismUltimateConstitutionBillsEntitlementBill Of RightsInsurance PolicyNiger Author:Niger Innis
“Understanding the long, sordid history of gun control in America is key to understanding the dangers of disarming.” LongAmericaUnderstandingDangerKeysGunGun ControlDisarmingNiger Author:Niger Innis
“America has this understanding of Africans that plays like National Geographic: a bunch of Negroes with loincloths running around the plain fields of Africa chasing gazelles.” PlayRunningAmericaUnderstandingFieldsBunchChasingNational GeographicGazelles Author:Djimon Hounsou
“But neither Europe nor Africa can show any such desolation as America. The proudest, stubbornest, bitterest peasant of deserted Spain, the most primitive and superstitious Arab of the remotest oases, are a little more than kin and never less than kind at their worst; whereas in the United States one is almost always conscious of an instinctive lack of sympathy and understanding with even the most charming and cultured people.” PeopleKindLittlesStatesShowsAmericaUnderstandingUnitedUnited StatesWorstConsciousEuropePrimitiveCharmingSpainPeasantsSuperstitiousDesolationDesertedOasis Author:Aleister Crowley