“The United States presents a value system to the world that is based on democracy, based on economic freedom, based on individual rights for men and women, .. I think that is what makes us such a draw for nations around the world. People come to the United States to be educated, to become Americans. We are a country of countries and we touch every country, and every country in world touches us.” PeopleThinkingMenWorldCountryStatesValuesIndividualNationsUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyRightsEconomicDrawsMen And WomenEducatedAround The WorldIndividual RightsEconomic FreedomValue Systems Author:Colin Powell
“Timothy Batten is an individual of high integrity and has given many years of service to Georgia and to the United States, .. His common sense dedication to the rule of law, intellect and experience make him a solid candidate for the federal bench in North Georgia.” YearsStatesLawIndividualGivenUnitedCommonUnited StatesIntegrityIntellectCommon SenseCandidatesDedicationRule Of LawBenchesGeorgiaYears Of Service Author:Saxby Chambliss
“Yes, I spent two long years, traveling all over the United States, all over Europe, interviewing many, many, many people who had been thrown out of their academic jobs because they taught that there was a possibility of life coming from something other than Darwinism, who thought that possibly random selection and mutations didn't account for the universe, didn't account for gravity, didn't account for why nobody had ever seen an individual species evolve - no one's ever seen an individual species evolve!” PeopleYearsLongTwoStatesJobsUniverseIndividualUnitedUnited StatesPossibilityTaughtEuropeAccountsSpeciesEvolveThrownAcademicGravitySelectionDarwinismMutation Author:Ben Stein
“I am a Republican because I believe in the constitution, strength in national defense, limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility as the concrete foundation for American government. They reinforce the resolve that the United States is the greatest country in the world and we can all be eternally grateful to our founding fathers for the beautiful legacy they left us today.” WorldBelieveCountryStatesGovernmentTodayBeautifulFatherIndividualLeftI BelieveUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesRepublicanConstitutionFoundationGratefulI Believe InDefenseLegacyResolveConcreteFoundingPersonal ResponsibilityOur Founding FathersLimited GovernmentAmerican GovernmentIndividual FreedomNational Defense Author:Martha Raye
“What frightens me about America today is that in the large majority there is no active sense of the value of the individual: few citizens feel that they are the Republic, responsible for what happens. And when the individual in a democracy ceases to feel his importance, then there is grave danger that he will give over his freedom, if not to a Fascist State, then to the advertising men or Publicity Agents or to the newspaper he happens to read.” IfsMenGivingFeelsStatesHappensTodayAmericaValuesIndividualUnited StatesDemocracyDangerCitizensImportanceResponsibleMajorityActiveNewspapersGravesCeaseAdvertisingAgentsRepublicPublicityFascistsAmerica Today Author:May Sarton
“Poor America, of what avail is all her wealth, if the individuals comprising the nation are wretchedly poor? If they live in squalor, in filth, in crime, with hope and joy gone, a homeless, soulless army of human prey.” IfsHumansAmericaJoyIndividualNationsWealthPoorUnited StatesGoneCrimeArmyHomelessPreyFilthSoullessSqualor Author:Emma Goldman
“Canadians and Americans may look alike, but the contents of their heads are quite different. Americans experience themselves, individually, as small toads in the biggest and most powerful puddle in the world. Their sense of power comes from identifying with the puddle. Canadians as individuals may have more power within the puddle, since there are fewer toads in it; it's the puddle that's seen as powerless.” WorldLooksMayDifferentIndividualPowerfulUnited StatesCanadaMost PowerfulFewerPowerlessIdentifyingPuddlesToads Author:Margaret Atwood
“Theres something unique about the United States, a sense of individual rights and freedoms, and a sense of social and civic responsibility that we contributed to so much of the world. We lost that mission in the 1980s and 1990s, when we entered a gilded age, and the culture of individualism became a culture of avarice.” WorldStatesAgeCultureIndividualLostSocialUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesRightsUniqueMissionsIndividualismAvariceCivicsIndividual RightsRights And FreedomsGildedGilded AgeCivic Responsibility Author:George Hickenlooper
“I worry that the Senate is working to consider a series of little-noticed provisions in comprehensive immigration reform that may provide a pathway to a national ID card for all individuals present in the United States - citizens and noncitizens.” MayLittlesStatesIndividualUnitedWorryUnited StatesCitizensSeriesImmigrationCardsReformSenateProvisionComprehensivePathwaysImmigration Reform Author:Rand Paul
“The growth of entrepreneurial classes throughout the world is an asset in the promotion of human rights and individual liberty, and it should be understood and used as such. Yet peace is the first and most important condition for continued prosperity and freedom. America's military power must be secure because the United States is the only guarantor of global peace and stability. The current neglect of America's armed forces threatens its ability to maintain peace.” WorldShouldFirstsHumansImportantStatesAmericaUsedIndividualForceGrowthAbilityUnitedLibertyClassUnited StatesRightsConditionsMilitaryUnderstoodHuman RightsCurrentsProsperitySecureNeglectAssetsStabilityPromotionEntrepreneurialArmed ForcesIndividual LibertyMilitary PowerGlobal Peace Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I dont know that the United States is Gods Country, but the church has been so strong here, and because of its influence, we hold life to be sacred and we believe that individuals have dignity. This is part of our legacy.” KnowsBelieveHas BeensCountryStatesIndividualStrongChurchUnitedUnited StatesInfluenceDignitySacredLegacy Author:Rich Mullins
“In the United States, to an unprecedented degree, the individual's social role has come to be determined not by who he is but by what he can accomplish.” StatesIndividualSocialUnitedRolesUnited StatesDegreesAccomplishDeterminedUnprecedentedSocial Roles Author:John W. Gardner
“... while one-half of the people of the United States are robbed of their inherent right of personal representation in this freestcountry on the face of the globe, it is idle for us to expect that the men who thus rob women will not rob each other as individuals, corporations and Government.” PeopleMenStatesGovernmentFacesIndividualUnitedHalfUnited StatesCrimeHe ManInjusticeCorporationsInherentGlobesRepresentationIdleSuffrageOne HalfWoman Suffrage Author:Susan B. Anthony