“It's abominable, and it's a disgrace to a great democracy to see what's happened in our country. The main reason for that has been the enormous infusion of high quantities of money to campaigns - governors, Congress, president and the U.S. Senate.” Has BeensCountryReasonPresidentDemocracyHappenedCongressCampaignsEnormousOur CountrySenateQuantityGovernorsDisgraceInfusion Author:Jimmy Carter
“I grew up at a time where I think most people had a social and political conscience. Some of the biggest changes in our country's political history happened at the time I was growing up, so I was raised to be a part of those things and to participate and I will continue to do that as much as I can.” PeopleThinkingI CanCountryPoliticalSocialGrowing UpGrowingHappenedGrewGrew UpConscienceRaisedOur CountryPolitical History Author:George Clooney
“I can remember saying again and again and again, "A terrible thing has happened, but this should be a kind of wake-up call for our country, and we have a great opportunity now to reinvent ourselves. To rethink our position about oil and energy, to rethink our relationship with other cultures and other countries, and why other people want to attack us."” PeopleWantShouldKindI CanCountryRememberCultureOpportunityEnergyHappenedPositionTerribleWake UpOilOur CountryOur RelationshipOther CountriesAgain And AgainTerrible ThingsGreat OpportunityOther CulturesRelationships With OthersWake Up Call Author:Paul Auster
“If an angel should be winged from Heaven, on an errand of mercy to our country, the first accents that would glow on his lips would be, Beware! Be cautious! You have everything to lose; nothing to gain. We live under the only government that ever existed which was framed by the unrestrained and deliberate consultations of the people. Miracles do not cluster. That which has happened but once in six thousand years cannot be expected to happen often. Such a government, once gone, might leave a void, to be filled, for ages, with revolution and tumult, riot and despotism.” PeopleIfsShouldYearsFirstsCountryGovernmentMightHappensWould BeAgeHeavenLosesGoneHappenedRevolutionThousandSixAngelGainsMercyMiracleConstitutionFilledLipsExpectedOur CountryVoidAccentsThousand YearsDeliberateCautiousRiotDespotismFramedTumultClustersErrandsBe CautiousConsultation Author:Daniel Webster
“Now what has happened in our country during the time we have been plunging toward socialism? Are we actually at that point where the Constitution may be hanging by a single thread and we need to step in to save it?” NeedsMayHas BeensCountryStepsHappenedConstitutionSocialismOur CountryThread Author:Ernest L. Wilkinson
“I really wanted it to be organic and coming from my heart. So, I think maybe the initial thought of wanting to go in that direction, I had to wait until things happened in our world and in our country that fired me up enough where the words came out organically.” ThinkingWorldHeartCountryEnoughWantedWaitingHappenedMy HeartOur CountryOur WorldInitials Author:Joan Jett