“I am terribly glad to be alive; and when I have wit enough to think about it, terribly proud to be a man and an American, with all the rights and privileges that those words connote; and most of all I am humble before the responsibilities that are also mine. For no right comes without a responsibility, and being born luckier than most of the world's millions, I am also born more obligated.” ThinkingMenWorldEnoughBornResponsibilityMillionsAliveRightsMinesProudPrivilegeHumbleWitGladBe A ManRights And PrivilegesGlad To Be Alive Book:Stealing Glances: Three Interviews with Wallace Stegner Source: Stealing Glances: Three Interviews with Wallace Stegner
“There are too many countries where the values we take for granted in our civil servants simply do not exist. Seeing these values in action, applied with dedication by hardworking individuals, makes me proud to lead a service that is making life better for millions across Britain.” CountryActionValuesIndividualMillionsSeeingProudGrantedServantBritainDedicationHardworkingCivil Servants Author:Gus O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell
“I am proud of the decision of this Administration to overthrow Saddam Hussein. I am proud of the liberation of 25 million Iraqis. And I'm proud to see an Iraq that is now emerging with a stronger government, a truly multiethnic, multi-sectarian government that's about to have its second set of elections, that's inviting private investment into Iraq, and that is making peace with its Arab neighbors.” GovernmentDecisionMillionsProudStrongerElectionInvestmentIraqNeighborAdministrationLiberationSaddamHusseinEmergingMaking PeaceInviting Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I am proud to have been in a business that gives pleasure, creates beauty, and awakens our conscience, arouses compassion, and perhaps most importantly, gives millions a respite from our so violent world.” WorldGivingHas BeensPleasureCompassionMillionsProudConscienceViolentRespite Author:Audrey Hepburn
“Legislatively, the thing I'm most proud of is healthcare, and I will continue to be most proud of it because not only do we have 30 million people who are going to get healthcare, we've got six million young people who are able to stay on their parents' plan until they're 26.” PeopleAbleYoungParentMillionsPlansProudSixHealthcare Author:Barack Obama
“In the two centuries that have passed since 1776, millions upon millions of Americans have worked and taken up arms when necessary to make that dream a reality. We can be extremely proud of what they have accomplished. Today, we are the world's oldest republic. We are at peace. Our Nation and our way of life endure. We are free.” WorldWayTwoDreamRealityTodayAmericaNationsFreedomMillionsTakenCenturyArmsProudEndureAccomplishedRepublicAmerican DreamBe Proud Author:Gerald R. Ford
“I remember when my mother, Shyamala Harris, bought our first home. I was thirteen. She was so proud, and my sister and I were so excited. Millions of Americans know that feeling of walking through the front door of their own home for the first time - the feeling of reaching for opportunity and finding it.” KnowsFirstsFeelingsHomeRememberMotherOpportunityMillionsDoorsFrontsProudWalkingFindingsFirst TimeExcitedReachingMy SisterRemember WhenThirteenFront DoorsFirst Home Author:Kamala Harris
“We're proud of Venezuela and Venezuelan baseball. People in America don't realize it, but we've got 25, 30 million people here, and so many of us love baseball. This is a great place to look for talent.” PeopleLooksAmericaRealizingMillionsTalentProudBaseballVenezuelaBaseball LoveVenezuelans Author:Johan Santana
“So as a nation, we have a right to be very proud of the successes that we have seen because of the struggle of millions of people to create a less discriminatory society. That is something we should be proud of, but there is one struggle in which not only have we not succeeded but in which we are losing ground and that is the fundamental struggle for economic justice.” PeopleShouldNationsJusticeMillionsStruggleEconomicProudLosingFundamentalsBe ProudEconomic Justice Author:Bernie Sanders
“I'm just so happy and proud of everybody and what everybody's doing. From Curren$y doing decent numbers with the independent, digital release; from Asher selling 1.1 million-plus on iTunes with the single and almost at 200,000 [albums sold] now; Cudi got almost 4,000 BDS's a week; Mickey Factz doing the Rock The Bells tour; Blu signed a deal shortly after; Ace Hood had two very successful singles, another album getting ready to drop. Everybody's doing their thing, man.” MenTwoDealsNumbersMillionsSuccessfulWeekRocksReadyProudIndependentAlbumsSellingReleaseDecentDigitalPlusBellsHoodSinglesMickeyAcesItunes Author:Wale
“Every Cuban has a house to live in, no matter how meager. That house is provided by government. Every Cuban who gets sick can go to a doctor or a hospital and get medical attention while 45 million Americans don't have medical insurance. Every Cuban can get education from the kindergarten through college and they don't have to pay. What is Castro doing that we might benefit from-if we are not too arrogant and falsely proud to see what he is doing in a small nation and what we have not been able to do or not been willing to do in the greatest nation on the earth?” IfsMatterGovernmentMightAbleEarthHouseNationsPayAttentionMillionsCollegeWillingProudBenefitsDoctorsSickMedicalHospitalsArrogantCubanKindergartenCastroSmall NationsMedical Insurance Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Should I not be proud, when for twenty years I have had to admit to myself that the great Newton and all the mathematicians and noble calculators along with him were involved in a decisive error with respect to the doctrine of color, and that I among millions was the only one who knew what was right in this great subject of nature?” ShouldYearsMillionsSubjectsColorProudInvolvedTwentiesErrorsNobleDoctrineShould IMathematicianBe ProudNewtonCalculators Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I was taught in the sixth grade that we had a standing army of just over a hundred thousand men and that the generals had nothing to say about what was done in Washington. I was taught to be proud of that and to pity Europe for having more than a million men under arms and spending all their money on airplanes and tanks. I simply never unlearned junior civics. I still believe in it. I got a very good grade.” MenBelieveStillsDoneMillionsTaughtArmsProudThousandHundredEuropeStandingArmyVery GoodSpendingPityGradesAirplaneBe ProudTanksJuniorsCivicsI Still BelieveSixth GradeGood Grades Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“I'm kind of proud of that little record! I mean I've heard about a million other records that have come out since then by all these groups around here and there and I really like 'Little Johnny Jewel'.” KindMeanLittlesMillionsRecordsHeardGroupsProudJewelsHere And There Author:Tom Verlaine
“But millions at one time, beyond gender or race, had their attention fixed on her, and with that power, she chose to flash the word "feminist" all over our TV screens. If that don't do nothin' but make people Google the word, then that should make every feminist in the world proud.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldRaceAttentionMillionsTvsProudFeministGenderScreensFixedOne TimeFlashGoogle Author:Lizzo
“There was a time when everyone remembered that stupid thing about me not getting out of bed for less than $10,000 a day. These days, it's far more important to me that I'm part of a team which raises over $1 million a month for Aids. I'm much more proud of that, than that other old quote.” ImportantMillionsTeamStupidMonthsProudBedRaisesAidsThese DaysRememberedStupid Things Author:Linda Evangelista
“The fans are the end result of what we do. Sometimes I think we forget that those are the folks that mean it in this game. There's plenty of evidence to be found that you can have all the #1 records in the world, but if you really ain't touchin' them, you don't come home with gold records and platinum records. I'm very proud that we've only had one #1 record, but we've sold two and one half million!” IfsThinkingWorldMeanTwoEndsSometimesHomeFoundGamesForgetResultsHalfMillionsRecordsFansProudEvidenceGoldFolksPlentyComing HomeOne HalfEnd ResultsPlatinum Author:Aaron Tippin
“If you are a Scot living outside of Scotland but still in the UK, you are not allowed to vote in the referendum. This leaves over a million of loyal, proud Scots disenfranchised. It gives me the rage.” IfsGivingStillsMillionsProudVoteGive MeRageLoyalScotlandScotsReferendumsDisenfranchised Author:Damian Barr
“It is a proud moment when you can define a problem and make a commitment and begin to see a groundswell of activity towards addressing what has the potential to change the life trajectory of millions of kids.” MomentsProblemKidsMillionsProudActivityCommitmentTrajectoryProud Moments Author:Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey
“I would love to have the endorsement of every progressive organization in America. We're very proud to have received recently the endorsement of MoveOn.org. We've received the endorsement Democracy for America. These are grassroots organizations representing millions of workers.” AmericaMillionsDemocracyProudOrganizationWorkersProgressiveRepresentingEndorsementsGrassroots Author:Bernie Sanders
“An act of violence against any innocent person eludes moral justification, disgraces the millions of Americans and people throughout the world who have united in peaceful protest against police brutality, and dishonors our proud inheritance of nonviolent resistance.” PeopleWorldPersonsUnitedMoralMillionsViolenceProudPoliceResistanceInnocentPeacefulProtestJustificationInheritanceDisgracePolice BrutalityBrutalityEludeDishonorActs Of ViolenceNonviolent ResistancePeaceful ProtestInnocent Person Author:Benjamin Crump
“Super PACs and a corrupt campaign finance system are destroying American democracy. We're proud that we have received four million individual contributions, more than any candidate in American history at this point.” IndividualMillionsDemocracyFourProudCampaignsFinanceCandidatesContributionDestroyingAmerican HistoryAmerican DemocracyPacsCampaign Finance Author:Bernie Sanders
“I'm extremely proud of what I have achieved. I've travelled around the world twice, went from rolling quarters for cigarettes, balling my eyes out, wondering what I was going to do after losing three million dollars, to being very financially comfortable, to buying a Mercedes G Wagon to being able to get whatever I want and living in a beautiful apartment in West Hollywood, furnished exactly how I want it. Life is incredible.” WorldWantEyeAbleBeautifulLife IsThreeWonderMillionsProudComfortableLosingHollywoodDollarsWestIncrediblesAround The WorldBuyingQuartersCigaretteApartmentRollingMillion DollarsWagonsWest Hollywood Author:Shane Bunting
“I'm very proud that President [George W.] Bush took on AIDS relief. It was the largest single response by any country to a major international health crisis, and there are millions of people who are alive today in Africa and other developing countries because of that program.” PeopleCountryTodayPresidentMillionsAliveProudMajorsProgramCrisisResponseInternationalAidsDevelopingReliefLive For TodayDeveloping CountriesPresident George W Bush Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I am extraordinarily proud of the campaign that we ran. The issues that we raised, the fact that we got 13 million Americans to vote for a political revolution.” FactsPoliticalMillionsIssuesRevolutionProudVoteRaisedCampaignsRanPolitical Revolution Author:Bernie Sanders
“Evan Rachel Wood is a robot, yes. And some of them, there was one person in particular that was so sure, wrote like a whole thesis, and tagged the whole cast. He was like, "Here's my theory. And remember I said it first." He was so proud. And it could not have been farther from what we're actually doing, but it was cute. I love that people are getting so passionate about it because I went through a million different theories, and they would keep changing and evolving.” PeopleFirstsPersonsHas BeensSaidDifferentWholeRememberMillionsParticularTheoryProudCastsPassionateWoodsEvolveCuteRobotsThesisTagged Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“The progressives have a challenge. Part of it is that you now have a lot of progressives who feel that 50 million, 60 million people voted to endorse the toxic parts of Donald Trump, that suddenly we now are in a country, you know, surrounded by people who, you know, are proud to be, you know, a part of this alt-right thing and they think it was an alt-right takeover.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsCountryChallengesMillionsTrumpProudRight ThingToxicBe YouTakeoversWho You Know Author:Van Jones
“I was very proud to be part of the Million Man March. I think it's one of the best things that I ever did.” ThinkingMenMillionsProudBest ThingsMarch Author:Keith Ellison
“I was very proud to be part of the Million Man March. I think it's one of the best things that I ever did. Just the fact that, you know, at the time I didn't pay close enough scrutiny to some of the other things that he was saying. You know, that's something I just live and learn.” ThinkingKnowsMenEnoughFactsPayMillionsProudBest ThingsMarchScrutinyJust LiveLive And Learn Author:Keith Ellison
“Everything I got comes from Elijah Mohammed. He taught me who I was, he made me proud, he made me fearless, he made me love my own, I’ve turned down millions to keep from selling out my people, the beautiful name Mohammed Ali. And white people cannot destroy me like they have other big ministers of his in the past by telling us oh, you speak good, you should be the leader.White people make me thinkin' that I'm smart, and as soon as I leave Elijah you can get me. But as long as I stay with the Honorable Elijah Mohammed I'm safe.” PeopleShouldLongMadeBigsPastBeautifulNamesSpeakMy OwnWhiteLeaderMillionsTaughtProudSafeSmartSellingFearlessMinistersHonorableTurned DownElijahSelling OutMohammed Ali Author:Muhammad Ali
“Millions and millions of people are proud gun owners, and they do it responsibly and by the law.” PeopleLawMillionsProudGunOwnersGun Owners Author:Joe Manchin