“My friend Anderson Cooper is the scion of one of America's great shipping and railroad families, the Vanderbilts.” AmericaMy FriendsRailroadsShippingScionsVanderbilt Author:Kathy Griffin
“Of course we will continue to work for cheaper electricity in the homes and on the farms of America; for better and cheaper transportation; for low interest rates; for sounder home financing; for better banking; for the regulation of security issues; for reciprocal trade among nations and for the wiping out of slums. And my friends, for all of these we have only begun to fight.” HomeGovernmentAmericaFightingCoursesNationsInterestIssuesSecurityLowsMy FriendsTradeRateReformFarmsRegulationElectricityBankingTransportationCheaperInterest RateFinancingSlumsReciprocalSounderWiping Out Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“We're going to capture the lost sovereignty of our country... And when we get there, my friends, we will only be obedient to one sovereign America, and that is the sovereign of God Himself and His laws.” CountryAmericaLawLostMy FriendsOur CountryCaptureSovereignSovereigntyObedient Author:Pat Buchanan
“My friends, we did it. We weren't just marking time, we made a difference. We made (America) stronger - we made (America) freer - and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad. Not bad at all. And so, goodbye. God bless you. And God bless the United States of America.” MadeStatesHandsAmericaLeftDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesMy FriendsStrongerGoodbyeBlessUnited States Of AmericaGod BlessGod Bless YouMarking Time Book:Speaking my mind: selected speeches Source: Speaking my mind: selected speeches
“Senator Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who can do great things for our country in the years ahead. But my friends, eloquence is no substitute for a record - not in these tough times for America. In the Senate he has not reached across party lines to get anything significant done, nor has he been willing to take on powerful interest groups in the Democratic Party.” MenYearsCountryDoneAmericaYoungInterestCan DoLinesPowerfulPartyRecordsGroupsWillingMy FriendsToughDemocraticSignificantGreat ThingsOur CountryYoung ManSubstitutesSenateGiftedSenatorsDemocratic PartyTough TimesEloquenceEloquentInterest Groups Author:Joe Lieberman
“I certainly think one of the really amazing things about Mr. Trump's victory is there's been an immediate - what one of my friends calls a jump-to-the-Trump in Australia. So you've got politicians of all sides looking at this amazing result in America and thinking, I'd like a bit of that. Can I have a bit of that? And so the opposition leader has been talking about immigrants stealing people's jobs. The prime minister has started talking about media elites in exactly the same terms as President-elect Trump.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensJobsAmericaBitsSidesPresidentTermResultsTalkingLeaderMediaTrumpVictoryPoliticianLaughterMy FriendsStealingMinistersOppositionAustraliaImmigrantsPrimeElitesPrime MinisterAmazing ThingsReally Amazing Author:Richard Glover
“Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.” HumansAmericaBlackWhiteMy FriendsDignityBridgesHuman DignityPersonal DignityBlack America Author:Richard M. Nixon
“Loads of my friends are lesbians, and it really annoys me that gay people aren't allowed to get married in most parts of America. I'd go on a march for gay rights any time.” PeopleAmericaRightsGoes OnGayMarriedMy FriendsMarchAnnoyingLoadGay RightsGay People Author:Pink
“On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people.” PeopleWritingAmericaLanguageMy FriendsTongueExperimentsVulgarJulyWriting Poetry Author:Hu Shih
“I come from a part of New York that was almost entirely immigrants. I was born in America, but all of my friends' parents, everybody's parents, including my own, had come to America from Europe.” AmericaParentBornMy OwnNew YorkMy FriendsEuropeIncludingImmigrants Author:Christopher Walken
“Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution of your country and the government established under it. Leave evils which exist in some parts of the country, but which are beyond your control, to the all-wise direction of an over-ruling Providence. Perform those duties which are present, plain and positive. Respect the laws of your country.” IfsWorldShouldYearsMayGovernmentHappensAmericaPoliticalFailingHappenedMy FriendsMiracleConstitutionHistoricalRepublicAnarchyNotableOur Founding FathersUs Founding FathersFounding Fathers Of AmericaFounding AmericaAmerican Founding FathersClustersRepublicanismAmerican Constitution Author:Daniel Webster