“It's an appeal as old as America and its presidency: This is an extraordinary country populated by hard-working, big-dreaming, freedom-loving people graced by God when they're not pulling themselves up by the bootstraps.” PeopleCountryHardDreamBigsAmericaHard WorkExtraordinaryAppealsPullingPresidencyBootstraps Author:Ron Fournier
“America is very decentralized in how it supports the humanities, unlike European countries where virtually everything stems from the central government.” CountryGovernmentAmericaHumanitySupportStemEuropean CountriesCentral GovernmentIt Support Author:Jim Leach
“We can go back to economic plans that are only designed to benefit the wealthiest among us, like Mitt Romney. Or we can keep moving forward with President Obama's vision for a growing economy that works for middle-class families in North Carolina and all across the country. For me, for North Carolina and for America, it's an easy choice.” CountryAmericaMovingChoicesEasyPresidentVisionClassEconomyGrowingPlansEconomicMiddleBenefitsMoving ForwardMiddle ClassPresident ObamaKeep MovingRomneyKeep Moving ForwardCarolinaNorth CarolinaMiddle Class FamilyGrowing Economy Author:Bev Perdue
“Obama's Justice Department has also targeted Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Sheriff Joe bills himself as America's Toughest Sheriff for good reason. Maricopa County is responsible for one out of every four deportations in the country.” CountryReasonAmericaJusticeFourResponsibleBillsDepartmentCountySheriffsDeportationSheriff Joe Arpaio Author:Russell Pearce
“For many of us who were born and raised in this country, including me, it's sometimes easy to forget how special America really is.” CountrySometimesAmericaEasyBornForgetSpecialRaisedIncludingBorn And Raised Author:Marco Rubio
“There is nobody that I know who believes that Bank of America is a human being who should be entitled for the same constitutional rights that the people of our country are.” PeopleKnowsShouldBelieveHumansCountryAmericaHuman BeingsRightsOur CountryEntitledConstitutional Rights Author:Bernie Sanders
“I've been to all 50 states, and traveled this whole country, and 90 percent of the people are good folks. The rest of them take after the other side of the family.” PeopleCountryStatesWholeHumorFunnyAmericaSidesComedyPercentFolksTraveled Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“For some in Washington, it's become sport to pick on the federal workforce. I think they do so unjustly. The very foundation of a stable America is having a government that functions well. Many countries have dysfunctional governments, because they don't have a good government workforce.” ThinkingWellsCountryGovernmentAmericaSportsPicksFunctionFoundationStableWorkforce Author:Ken Salazar
“I'm not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there, if we need to repair, I'll fix it. I'm not concerned about the very rich, they're doing just fine. I'm concerned about the very heart of America, the 90-95 percent of Americans who are struggling, and I'll continue to take that message across the country.” IfsNeedsHeartCountryAmericaValuesPoorStruggleRichFineMessagesPercentConcernedSafetyConservativeSafety NetConservative Values Author:Mitt Romney
“I heard governor Romney here called me an economic lightweight because I wasn't a Wall Street financier like he was. Do you really believe this country wants to elect a Wall Street financier as the president of the United States? Do you think that's the experience that we need? Someone who's going to take and look after as he did his friends on Wall Street and bail them out at the expense of Main Street America.” ThinkingWantNeedsBelieveLooksCountryStatesAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesHeardEconomicStreetsWallRepublicanExpensesGovernorsRomneyBailMain StreetFinanciersGovernor Romney Author:Rick Santorum
“We strain to tell Americans and aliens in this country that there's nothing unique about America, nothing unique about American civilization, nothing that requires their allegiance, nothing of great value that they should sacrifice for.” ShouldCountryAmericaValuesSacrificeCivilizationUniqueAliensStrainAllegianceGreat Value Author:Tom Tancredo
“In a country as large and diverse as America, compromise is how we get things done. It isn't always pretty, but we have to find solutions to our problems that, at the end of the day, most people can live with.” PeopleEndsCountryDoneProblemAmericaSolutionsCompromiseThe End Of The DayDiverseThings Done Author:Mark Udall
“This is a perilous time, and more than ever, the world needs a united and strong America. If, God forbid, we live to see Mr. Obama president, we will live through a socialist era that America has not seen before, and our country will be weakened in every way.” IfsWorldWayNeedsCountryAmericaStrongPresidentUnitedOur CountryErasSocialistPerilous TimesStrong America Author:Jon Voight
“I don't hold America responsible for the largely oppressive governments in the 22 Arab countries. There are repressive Arab governments that are our allies and there are those that are our nominal enemies. It doesn't make a whole lot of difference to what extent we're involved in propping up those governments.” CountryWholeGovernmentAmericaDifferencesEnemyInvolvedResponsibleAlliesOppressive Governments Author:Lawrence Wright
“Country music originates with the colloquial, rural aspects of white America. It's really, truly, rural white America's blues.” CountryAmericaWhiteAspect Author:Dwight Yoakam
“America is among the countries the advance countries with the least equality of opportunity, which means that the - while I prospects of young American, a more dependent on the income and education's parents (ph) than another - other countries. So this notion of equal opportunity is sort of American dream is, is now a myth.” MeanCountryDreamAmericaYoungOpportunityParentEqualNotionMythIncomeDependentAmerican DreamOther CountriesProspectsEqual OpportunityEquality Of Opportunity Author:Jedediah Bila
“Nashville may be famed for its country music, but this may well be the capital of rock and roll music in the United States of America.” WellsMayCountryStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesRocksUnited States Of AmericaRock And RollNashvilleRock And Roll Music Author:Paul Stanley
“Business often does a good job supporting communities: the arts, universities, and scientific enterprises... But that philosophy has rarely reached poor countries. Even businesses that are enlightened in their home bases see Africa, Latin America, and parts of Asia as places to exploit natural resources or use cheap labor.” DoeArtCountryPhilosophyUseHomeJobsAmericaCommunityNaturalPoorResourcesLaborBasesUniversityEnterpriseEnlightenedLatinAsiaGood JobExploitsLatin AmericaNatural ResourcesPoor CountriesCheap LaborHome Base Author:Jeffrey Sachs
“Yes, Democrats can prove that America pays more for health care than other countries; yes, they have won the dispute that private health insurance is needlessly expensive. But what they've lost is the argument that we are a society.” CountryCareAmericaLostPayProveArgumentDemocratHealth CareExpensiveOther CountriesDisputesPrivate Health Insurance Author:Thomas Frank
“You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its Mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its Mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay. But adult love means you’re not in denial, and you want the loved one to be the best they can be.” WantMeanChildrenDoeCountryAmericaRepublicanAdultsOkayWingsDenialBeing The BestLoved OnesRight WingChildren LoveLove Means Author:Al Franken
“If Republicans eliminate Medicare, America will become a country in which you can never retire - and once you physically can no longer work, you are desperately poor until you die.” IfsCountryAmericaDiesPoorRepublicanRetiringMedicare Author:Al Franken
“That someone like Obama could be elected president of the United States - with its unrivaled power and prestige - has begun to restore the country's and the world's faith in America as the land of opportunity.” WorldCountryStatesAmericaOpportunityPresidentUnitedUnited StatesLandPrestigeLand Of Opportunity Author:Dee Dee Myers
“Everybody talks about the entitlement generation. There is no time I'd rather live in than now, and there is no generation I would more entrust the future of this country to than this one. There is a tendency to live in a nostalgic state in this country, and to think that other generations possessed an integrity and a tenacity greater than the generation that is now. I wholeheartedly disagree with that. I believe that this is a group that will rise up to any challenge that comes before them as well as any other generation in America would have done.” ThinkingBelieveWellsCountryStatesDoneAmericaI BelieveChallengesGreaterGenerationsGroupsIntegrityTendenciesDisagreePossessedTenacityEntitlementNostalgicWholeheartedly Author:Jon Stewart
“I have to say, as someone who is not a Christian, it’s hard for me to believe Christians are a persecuted people in America. God willing, maybe one of you one day will even rise up and get to be president of this country — or maybe forty-four in a row. But that’s my point, is they’ve taken this idea of no establishment as persecution, because they feel entitled, not to equal status, but to greater status.” PeopleFeelsBelieveIdeasCountryHardChristianAmericaPresidentTakenGreaterFourWillingOne DayEqualGods WillFortyEstablishmentEntitledPersecutionPersecuted Author:Jon Stewart
“I think America is really in denial about the degree to which residents, particularly foreign medical graduates, man the county hospitals of this country, and but for their services, I'm not sure how exactly we could manage.” ThinkingMenCountryAmericaDegreesMedicalManageDenialNot SureHospitalsGraduatesCountyResidents Author:Abraham Verghese
“You see for me, America is an idea. It is a stage for transformation. I felt when I came to Iowa City from Calcutta that suddenly I could be a new person . . . What America offers me is romanticism and hope . . . Suddenly, I found myself in a country where” PersonsIdeasCountryAmericaFoundFeltCitiesStageOffersTransformationRomanticismIowaCalcutta Author:Bharati Mukherjee
“At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a population. America deserves the president it gets, whether the country votes for them or allows their vote to be stolen, and the least we can do is to elect someone who won't do that to other people.” PeopleWarCountryAmericaPresidentCan DoPiecesDeserveVoteElectionPopulationCandidatesExpensiveMetalsStolenDroppingExploding Author:Ian MacKaye
“People are going to wake up to this great reservoir of music we've created in America - cakewalks, one-steps, boogie-woogie, country and western. I had a bit to do with one of those traditions.” PeopleCountryAmericaBitsStepsTraditionWake UpWesternReservoirsBoogie Author:Johnny Otis
“In London - and forget those extra public pressures on politicians - the lovely old Sloane world of manor houses simply hasn't cut it since Big Bang in 1986, the point at which Mrs. Thatcher really started to achieve her ambition to make this country more like America - its ambition, economy, it's very tangible measures of success.” WorldCountryBigsAmericaHouseForgetEconomyCuttingAchievePoliticianAmbitionPressureLondonLovelyExtrasBangsTangibleMeasure Of SuccessMrs Thatcher Author:Peter York
“America is the only country capable of producing national movies: its culture has become a global culture.” CountryAmericaCultureCapableProducing Movies Author:Jean-Jacques Annaud
“I love America. I think it's the best country in the world. But I also think we're not tending to our sauce.” ThinkingWorldCountryAmericaSauceBest CountryWorld Is Flat Author:Thomas Friedman
“To be a superstar is incredible pressure. And also in our country, I'm going to speak about this, America. We have a way of kind of making it hard on our superstars. I don't sense it when I go to Europe or I go to Japan.” WayKindCountryHardAmericaSpeakEuropePressureIncrediblesOur CountryJapanSuperstar Author:Narada Michael Walden
“America has the best doctors, the best nurses, the best hospitals, the best medical technology, the best medical breakthrough medicines in the world. There is absolutely no reason we should not have in this country the best health care in the world.” WorldShouldCountryReasonCareAmericaTechnologyDoctorsMedicineMedicalHealth CareNo ReasonHospitalsNurseBreakthroughBreak ThroughMedical CareDoctors And NursesBest MedicalMedical TechnologyMedical Breakthroughs Author:Bill Frist
“Given a short time with a psycho-politician you can alter forever the loyalty of a soldier in our hands or a statesman or a leader in his own country, or you can destroy his mind.” MindCountryHandsAmericaGivenLeaderForeverPoliticianSoldierLoyaltyCommunismStatesmenShort TimePsycho Author:Lavrentiy Beria
“If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.” IfsKnowsDoeCountryAmericaKnow HowRussiaIcy Author:Robert Frost
“I've already got the Kingdom of Heaven in my heart! That's my nationality, my citizenship, my Country!-A Country that's never persecuted the poor or oppressed the weak or destroyed small peoples of the World like America has. It's a Country that's never lost a battle and never fought a war for the wrong reason.” WorldHeartWarCountryReasonAmericaLostHeavenPoorMy HeartBattleWeakKingdomsDestroyedHeavenlyOppressedCitizenshipNationalityKingdom Of HeavenPersecutedWrong Reasons Author:David Berg
“My Country's trying to save the World, stop the wars, relieve the poor, feed the hungry, heal the sick and liberate the captives that are bound by countries like America!” WorldTryingWarCountryAmericaPoorSickBoundsHungryHealHeavenlySave The WorldCaptives Author:David Berg
“America is a large country and its people have so far not shown much interest in great international problems, among which the problem of disarmament occupies first place today. This must be changed, if only in America's own interest. The last war has shown that there are no longer any barriers between the continents and that the destinies of all countries are closely interwoven. The people of this country must realize that they have a great responsibility in the sphere of international politics. The part of passive spectator is unworthy of this country and is bound in the end to lead to disaster all round.” PeopleIfsWarEndsCountryLastsAmericaInterestRealizingResponsibilityDestinyChangedBoundsRoundsInternationalDisasterBarriersSpheresContinentsPassiveSpectatorsUnworthyGreat ResponsibilityOnly In America Author:Albert Einstein
“From 1945 to 2003, the United States attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments, and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalist movements fighting against intolerable regimes. In the process, the US bombed some 25 countries, caused the end of life for several million people, and condemned many millions more to a life of agony and despair.” PeopleEndsCountryStatesGovernmentAmericaFightingProcessUnitedMillionsUnited StatesMovementDespairCrushRegimesAgonyEnd Of LifePopulist Author:William Blum
“The United States cannot reshape other countries in its own image and that, with a few exceptions, its efforts to police the world are neither in its interests nor within the scope of its resources. This whole tendency to see ourselves as the center of political enlightenment and as teachers to a great part of the rest of the world strikes me as unthought-through, vainglorious and undesirable.” WorldCountryStatesWholeAmericaPoliticalInterestUnitedEffortUnited StatesTeacherEnlightenmentResourcesPoliceStrikesTendenciesExceptionOther CountriesScopeUndesirable Author:George F. Kennan
“President Bush is an intelligent man. He is not going to declare an economic war against Iraq . [...] I admire your extraordinary efforts to rebuild your country. I know you need funds. We understand that, and our opinion is that you should have the opportunity to rebuild your country. But we have no opinion on Arab-Arab conflicts like your border disagreement with Kuwait .” KnowsMenNeedsShouldWarCountryAmericaOpportunityPresidentEffortOpinionEconomicLike YouConflictShould HaveIntelligentExtraordinaryIraqAdmireBordersFundPresident BushDisagreementIntelligent ManKuwait Author:April Glaspie
“I'm proud of our country that we elected Barack Obama. I mean, it says something about us nationally. You know, it's kind of like crowning your checker when you get to the end of your checker board. Here's another thing that says America's special: Barack Obama, president of the United States.” KnowsKindMeanEndsCountryStatesAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSpecialProudOur CountryBarackBoards Author:Tom Coburn
“I think we do not need to send more jobs to low wage countries. I think corporate America has to start investing in this country and create decent paying jobs here.” ThinkingNeedsCountryJobsAmericaLowsInvestingCorporateDecentCorporate America Author:Hillary Clinton
“The problem is, is the White House and this administration have created a war against police officers in this country, with their allegations and false assertions that there's widespread and pervasive racism in the United States of America that lives in the heart and minds of the men and women in blue. This is a false narrative. It is dangerous. It is reckless. It has resulted in the loss of lives. They are not being held accountable.” MenMindHeartWarCountryStatesProblemAmericaHouseLossWhiteUnitedUnited StatesDangerousHe ManRacismMen And WomenPoliceBlueAdministrationNarrativeWhite HouseOfficersUnited States Of AmericaHeart And MindRecklessAssertionPolice OfficerAllegations Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“This is one way that wealthy Americans could really contribute. They could put hundreds of millions of dollars into the infrastructure bank, be a good investment for them, for their children, for their grandchildren, and they would directly contribute to revitalizing a big sector of middle-class wages in America and making our country more productive, so that we could create more opportunity. But I think that we could get a lot of grassroots support from, like, local chambers of commerce and other things if they understood exactly how this infrastructure bank would work.” IfsThinkingWayChildrenCountryBigsAmericaOpportunityClassMillionsSupportMiddleUnderstoodDollarsInvestmentLocalsOur CountryOne WayProductiveMiddle ClassWealthyCommerceWagesGrandchildrenInfrastructureChamberGrassrootsChamber Of Commerce Author:William J. Clinton
“In times of crisis our nation depends on the courage and determination of the Guard. You know the call of active duty can come at any time. You stand ready to put your lives on hold and answer that call, ... And you did so because you love your state and your country. America appreciates your courageous decision to serve. Together with your comrades in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Reserves, you are showing that patriotism is alive and well in Idaho and throughout the United States.” KnowsWellsCountryStatesTogetherAmericaForceNationsDecisionAnswersUnitedUnited StatesCourageAliveAirLove YouReadyDutyDependsDeterminationAppreciateArmyCrisisActiveCourageousReservesNavyMarineComradeAir ForceIdahoAppreciate YouTimes Of CrisisCourage And DeterminationArmy NavyCourageous Decisions Author:George H. W. Bush
“It's true that what you find in New York is something other than America. Only small towns and small countries are self-satisfied; a real capital goes beyond its borders.” RealSelfCountryAmericaNew YorkTownsSatisfiedBordersSmall TownSmall Countries Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“This is about Americans getting off the sidelines and getting onto the playing field, .. This is about each and every one of us who have been blessed by the wealth of this country sharing that blessing by reaching down and reaching back and lifting up somebody in need. That's what America is all about. That's what being American is all about.” NeedsHas BeensCountryAmericaWealthFieldsBlessingDown AndBlessedReachingLiftingPlaying FieldsSidelinesLifting UpReaching Back Author:Colin Powell
“Thanks for the American dream, to vulgarize and falsify until the bare lies shine through. Thanks for a country where nobody's allowed to mind their own business.” MindCountryDreamAmericaLyingShiningThanksAmerican DreamThankfulnessOwn Business Author:William S. Burroughs
“There may be some tough times here in America. But this country has gone through tough times before, and we're going to do it again.” MayCountryAmericaGoneToughTough Times Author:George W. Bush