“A U.S. Senator should have the same right as a member of the Knesset...to disagree with any government when its actions may not be in the United States' interest.” ShouldMayStatesGovernmentActionInterestUnitedUnited StatesMembersShould HaveJewDisagreeSenators Author:Charles H. Percy
“I am convinced the next major attack against the United States may well be conducted by people with Asian or African faces, not the ones that many Americans are alert to.” PeopleWellsMayStatesFacesNextUnitedUnited StatesMajorsConvincedAsian Author:George Tenet
“Iraq... has also had contacts with al-Qaida. Their ties may be limited by divergent ideologies, but the two sides' mutual antipathy toward the United States and the Saudi royal family suggests that tactical cooperation between them is possible.” MayTwoStatesSidesUnitedUnited StatesIraqContactIdeologyTiesMutualAlsCooperationRoyalTwo SidesSaudisDivergentRoyal FamilyTacticalAntipathy Author:George Tenet
“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
“It may sound terrible, but I often say that the military saved me from a conventional life in the United States and I've never really thanked them for it, because I haven't exactly been pro-military in my work.” MayStatesSoundUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryHavensTerribleSavedConventionalConventional Life Author:Robert Jay Lifton
“Really, an historic night last night. You may have heard, Barack Obama will be the first black president of the United States of America. ... Obama is also the first Democrat to receive more than 50 percent of the vote since Jimmy Carter, the first senator to be elected since Jack Kennedy, the first Muslim to be ... I said too much.” FirstsMaySaidStatesLastsAmericaNightBlackPresidentUnitedUnited StatesToo MuchHeardPercentVoteDemocratBarackSenatorsUnited States Of AmericaHistoricLast NightJimmyCarterJack Kennedy Author:Jon Stewart
“In the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrong doing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.” MayStatesForceUnitedCasesPowerUnited StatesExercisePoliceWesternInternationalDoctrineImpotenceHemisphereAdherencePolice PowerMonroe Doctrine Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“President Roosevelt and President Truman and President Eisenhower had the same experience, they all made the effort to get along with the Russians. But every time, finally it failed. And the reason it failed was because the Communists are determined to destroy us, and regardless of what hand of friendship we may hold out or what arguments we may put up, the only thing that will make that decisive difference is the strength of the United States.” MayMadeStatesReasonHandsPresidentDifferencesUnitedEffortUnited StatesArgumentDeterminedCommunistTrumanPresident RooseveltPresident EisenhowerPresident Truman Author:John F. Kennedy
“You can violate the law. The banks may violate the law and be sustained in doing so. But the President of the United States cannot violate the law.” MayStatesLawPresidentUnitedUnited States Author:Ulysses S. Grant
“it [is] possible to suppose that, if Russia is allowed to have peace, an amazing industrial development may take place, making Russia a rival of the United States.” IfsMayStatesUnitedUnited StatesDevelopmentRussiaRivals Book:Uncertain Paths to Freedom: Russia and China, 1919-22 Source: Uncertain Paths to Freedom: Russia and China, 1919-22