“Martin Luther King Jr's agenda was not to help Negroes overcome American apartheid in the south. It was to make America democracy a better place, where everyday people, from poor people who were white and red and yellow and black and brown, would be able to live lives in decency and dignity.” PeopleHelpingWould BeAbleAmericaBlackWhitePoorDemocracyKingsRedDignityOvercomingSouthEverydayLive LifeBrownAgendasYellowBetter PlacePoor PeopleDecencyLutherApartheidRed And Yellow Author:Cornel West
“To overcome extremism, we must also be vigilant in upholding the values our troops defend because there is no force in the world more powerful than the example of America. That is why I have ordered the closing of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, and will seek swift and certain justice for captured terrorists because living our values doesn't make us weaker, it makes us safer and it makes us stronger.” WorldAmericaCertainValuesForceJusticePowerfulExampleOvercomingStrongerTerroristTroopsClosingExtremismCapturedVigilantOur TroopsDetentionGuantanamoGuantanamo Bay Author:Barack Obama
“I would never discredit anyone that is working their way up on a show like "American Idol." I think they work so hard overcoming all of the obstacles to get on the show in the first place and then every week they are judged in front of all of America... I give them complete credit for getting up on stage... I think they deserve all the success that they get.” ThinkingWayGivingFirstsHardShowsAmericaWeekStageFrontsDeserveOvercomingObstaclesCreditJudgedIdolsDiscreditAmerican Idol Author:Mandy Moore
“In America, the stories we tell ourselves and we tell each other in fiction have to do with individualism. Every person here is the center of his or her own story. And our job as people and as characters is to find our own motivations and desires, to overcome conflicts and obstacles toward defining ourselves so that we grow and change.” PeoplePersonsCharacterStoriesJobsAmericaDesireMotivationGrowsFictionConflictOvercomingObstaclesIndividualismDefiningDefining Ourselves Author:Adam Johnson
“Nothing can astound an American. It has often been asserted that the word "impossible" is not a French one. People have evidently been deceived by the dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple; and as for mechanical difficulties, they are overcome before they arise.” PeopleAmericaEasySimpleImpossibleOvercomingDifficultyAriseDeceivedDictionary Book:From the Earth to the moon (low cost). Limited edition Source: From the Earth to the moon (low cost). Limited edition
“The former colonies, in Latin America in particular, have a better chance than ever before to overcome centuries of subjugation, violence and foreign intervention, which they have so far survived as dependencies with islands of luxury in a sea of misery.” AmericaChanceViolenceSeaCenturyParticularOvercomingMiseryLuxuryFormerIslandsLatinSurvivedInterventionLatin AmericaColonyDependencySubjugation Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think if we work together, if we overcome the divisiveness that sometimes sets Americans against one another, and instead we make some big goals, there's nothing in my opinion that America can't do.” IfsThinkingSometimesBigsTogetherAmericaGoalOpinionOvercomingWorking TogetherDivisiveness Author:Hillary Clinton
“In America, we have struggled too much, too long as a country trying to overcome racism and sexism and homophobia. We cannot go back to a more discriminatory society.” TryingLongCountryAmericaToo MuchRacismOvercomingSexismHomophobia Author:Bernie Sanders
“Life in America is nothing but struggle, you gotta continue to try to overcome. Keep organizing, Obama said, keep organizing, grab a clipboard, get your signatures and start protesting, run for office yourself, but the shtruggle, the shtruggle is what defines us and we must continue with the shtruggle. Just pathetic, folks, the whole thing is pathetic.” TryingSaidWholeRunningAmericaStruggleOfficeOvercomingFolksPatheticSignaturesClipboards Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Wages never seem to go up. The whole economy feels stuck, and millions of Americans, millions of Americans, middle-class security is now just a memory. Progressives like to talk like Barack Obama likes to talk forever about poverty in America. And if a talk did any good, we'd have overcome those deep problems long ago. This explains why under the most liberal president we have had so far, poverty in America is worse, especially for our fellow citizens who were promised better and who need it most.” IfsNeedsFeelsLongWholeProblemSeemsAmericaPresidentMemoriesClassPovertyMillionsEconomyForeverMiddleSecurityCitizensOvercomingFellowsStuckLikesBarackMiddle ClassLong AgoWagesPoverty In America Author:Paul Ryan
“We've had to overcome a lot in America to become a nation of progress. We still have a lot of progress to be made.” MadeStillsAmericaNationsProgressOvercoming Author:Nina Turner
“For as long as the power of America's diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, Muslim or gay, we still must overcome.” PeopleLongStillsAmericaBlackViolenceGayDiversityOvercomingDiscriminationAsianHispanic Author:Ron Kind
“I learned a good deal about economics, and about America, from the author of the Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack Kemp. What gave Jack that incredible enthusiasm was his belief in the possibilities of free people, in the power of free enterprise and strong communities to overcome poverty and despair. We need that same optimism right now.” PeopleNeedsAmericaBeliefStrongCommunityDealsPovertyPossibilityRight NowTaxesDespairEconomicsOptimismOvercomingIncrediblesEnthusiasmReformEnterpriseFree EnterpriseTax ReformStrong Community Author:Paul Ryan
“Diversity" is a difficulty to be overcome, not an advantage to be sought. True, America does a better job than most at accommodating a diverse population. We also do a better job at curing cancer and containing pollution. But no one goes around mindlessly exclaiming: "Cancer is a strength!" "Pollution is our greatest asset!” DoeJobsAmericaPoliticalDiversityAdvantageOvercomingDifficultyPopulationCancerAssetsPollutionDiverseContainingBetter Jobs Author:Ann Coulter