“I questioned the faithful of all communions; I particularly sought the society of clergymen, who are the depositories of the various creeds and have a personal interest in their survival ... all thought the main reason for the quiet sway of religion over their country was the complete separation of church and state. I have no hesitation in stating that throughout my stay in America I met nobody, lay or cleric, who did not agree about that.” CountryStatesReasonAmericaInterestChurchAtheismMetsQuietSurvivalAgreeLaysVariousPositive AtheismSeparationFaithfulCreedsCommunionChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateHesitationClergymenPersonal Interest Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“I know people who are embarrassed to be American. They don't like showing their passports. It's becoming a scary place. It takes someone very brave not to be quiet, someone who doesn't mind death threats, their life being turned upside down, news cameras outside their door. There is no freedom of speech in America anymore. They are not living up to the constitution. There's so much fear in America and control.” PeopleKnowsMindAmericaDoorsBecomingQuietSpeechNewsConstitutionCamerasBraveThreatScaryFreedom Of SpeechEmbarrassedUpside DownPassports Author:Gillian Anderson
“We are seeing with great grief that America remains quiet as Turkey struggles against terrorism. Because there were promises given to us, and they need to be kept. If not, we can take care of our own business.” IfsNeedsCareAmericaGivenGriefStruggleSeeingPromiseQuietRemainsTerrorismTake CareTurkeysOwn Business Author:Recep Tayyip Erdogan
“I don't know that I ever bought into the "American dream." I was a child of privilege. I grew up in the '50s and it was a quiet time in America, at least on the surface and I grew up in a kind of feathery bed of privilege.” KnowsKindChildrenDreamAmericaGrewBedQuietGrew UpPrivilegeSurfaceAmerican DreamQuiet Time Author:Bill Ayers
“America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredibly stupid and smug White Protestants who live in the center, in the serene eye of the big wind.” PeopleIfsBigsEyeAmericaLiteratureSoundWhiteStupidWindQuietFortunateComplacencyHurricanesProtestantsSerene Author:Norman Mailer
“I had become so quiet and so small in the grass by the pond that I was barely noticeable, hardly there... I sat there watching their living room shining out of the dark beside the pond. It looked like a fairy tale functioning happily in the post-World War II gothic of America before television crippled the imagination of America and turned people indoors and away from living out their own fantasies with dignity... Anyway, I just kept getting smaller and smaller beside the pond, more and more unnoticed in the darkening summer grass until I disappeared into the 32 years that have passed since then.” PeopleWorldYearsWarAmericaImaginationDarkRoomsFantasyTelevisionQuietSummerDignityShiningTalesPostsGrassWar Of The WorldsSatFairyWorld War IiFairy TaleGothicLiving RoomPondsUnnoticedCrippledDarkeningShining Out Author:Richard Brautigan
“When politicians start talking about large groups of their fellow Americans as 'enemies,' it's time for a quiet stir of alertness. Polarizing people is a good way to win an election, and also a good way to wreck a country.” PeopleWayCountryAmericaWinningTalkingEnemyGroupsWise WordsPoliticianQuietElectionFellowsUsaVotingWrecksGood WayHumoristsColumnistsAlertnessPolarizationLarge GroupsPolarizing Book:You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You Source: You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You
“Calvin: Somewhere in Communist Russia, I'll bet there's a little boy who has never known anything but censorship and oppression. But maybe he's heard of America, and he dreams of living in this land of freedom and opportunity! Someday, I'd like to meet that little boy... and tell him the awful TRUTH ABOUT THIS PLACE!! Calvin's Dad: Calvin, be quiet and eat the stupid Lima beans.” LittlesDreamAmericaOpportunityKnownBoysHeardLandStupidDadQuietRussiaOppressionAwfulSomedayCommunistCensorshipBeansLittle Boys Author:Bill Watterson