“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 believe strongly that we should have nominees to the United States Supreme Court based on their qualifications rather than any litmus test.” ShouldBelieveStatesI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesShould HaveTestsCourtSupremeSupreme CourtQualifications Author:John McCain
“My priority is to give the United States the kind of influence it should have.” GivingShouldKindStatesUnitedUnited StatesInfluenceShould HavePriorities Author:John Bolton
“Worst damnfool mistake I ever made was letting myself be elected Vice President of the United States. Should have stuck with my old chores as Speaker of the House. I gave up the second most important job in the Government for one that didn't amount to a hill of beans. I spent eight long years as Mr. Roosevelt's spare tire.” ShouldYearsLongMadeImportantStatesGovernmentJobsHousePresidentUnitedMistakeUnited StatesWorstShould HaveVicesStuckSpeakersSparesTireGave UpVice PresidentImportant Jobs Author:John Nance Garner
“Diplomacy should always be the first option, and every mission should have a clear, achievable objective that is in the interests of the United States.” ShouldFirstsStatesInterestUnitedUnited StatesClearShould HaveMissionsObjectivesDiplomacy Author:Mike Thompson
“It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout most of our political history, the intellectual has been for the most part either an outsider, a servant or a scapegoat.” ShouldHas BeensStatesPoliticalPoliticsUnitedUnited StatesIntellectualShould HaveServantIronicOutsidersShould Have BeenScapegoatPolitical History Author:Richard Hofstadter
“The kids of those that came here illegally, those kids, I think, should have a pathway to become a permanent resident of the United States and military service, for instance, is one way they would have that kind of pathway to become a permanent resident.” ThinkingWayShouldKindStatesKidsUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryShould HaveInstanceOne WayPermanentPathwaysResidentsMilitary Service Author:Mitt Romney
“I don't want to get people nervous falling off their chairs, but Social Security is a socialist program. It's a program by which the United States government has said that when you get old you should have a steady source of income.” PeopleWantShouldSaidStatesGovernmentFallSocialUnitedUnited StatesSecuritySourceProgramShould HaveIncomeNervousChairsSteadySocialistSocial SecurityState GovernmentOld YouUnited States GovernmentFalling Off Author:Bernie Sanders
“What's going to be hard for the United States is that our policy for a long time has been a two-state solution; the Palestinians should have their own state. Now, the Palestinians are going to the U.N. and saying, 'We're having the U.N. vote to say we have our own state. Well, if that's your policy, United States of America, why are you vetoing it?' Which we will do.” IfsShouldWellsLongHas BeensTwoHardStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesPolicyLong TimeSolutionsShould HaveVotePalestinianUnited States Of America Author:Bill Maher
“Republican voters believe we should have a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interest. They don't believe we should enter into - commit the United States to further globalist policies that diminish the sovereignty and freedom of American to act in its own interest.” ShouldBelieveStatesInterestUnitedUnited StatesPolicyRepublicanShould HaveDon't BelieveImmigrationCommitVotersSovereigntyDiminishNational Interests Author:Jeff Sessions
“Just take the lack of presence of F1 in the United States. In theory - and logically - you would have an East Coast Grand Prix, a West Coast Grand Prix, and I think you should have a street race in Detroit - it is still the motor capital of the US. You stay in the US for four weeks and could have two to three races, certainly two.” ThinkingShouldStillsTwoStatesThreeUnitedRaceUnited StatesFourWeekStreetsTheoryShould HaveWestEastCoastMotorDetroitWest CoastEast CoastGrand Prix Author:Martin Sorrell
“California, like anywhere else on Earth, should have the right to secede whether the United States likes it or not. The preferences of the other 49 states and Washington DC is not relevant. That was the position of the United States government on Yugoslavia and other places around the world but not on Ukraine. However, morality and the law as I understand it are that any people should have the right to leave, just as explained in the initial words of the US Declaration of Independence.” PeopleWorldShouldStatesGovernmentEarthLawUnitedUnited StatesPositionMoralityShould HaveIndependenceLikesAround The WorldCaliforniaRelevantDeclarationPreferenceInitialsUkraineDeclaration Of IndependenceState GovernmentUnited States GovernmentWashington DcYugoslavia Author:David Swanson
“I think if progressives stay at this, continue at the grassroots level to make the case that all Americans should have choice, all Americans ought to be able to hold insurance companies accountable, I think we will have 60 votes in the United States Senate for a strong bill.” IfsThinkingShouldStatesAbleChoicesStrongLevelsUnitedCompanyCasesUnited StatesOughtShould HaveVoteBillsSenateInsurance CompaniesGrassroots Author:Ron Wyden
“It was an excess of fantasy that killed the old United States, the whole Mickey Mouse and Marilyn thing, the most brilliant technologies devoted to trivia like instant cameras and space spectaculars that should have stayed in the pages of Science Fiction . . . some of the last Presidents of the U.S.A. seemed to have been recruited straight from Disneyland.” ShouldHas BeensStatesWholeLastsPresidentSpaceUnitedFictionTechnologyUnited StatesFantasyPagesShould HaveCamerasScience FictionBrilliantInstantExcessDevotedMiceDisneylandMickeyTrivia Author:J. G. Ballard
“The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy.” ShouldStatesAmericaReligionUnitedUnited StatesAtheismInfluenceShould HaveFoundationUnited States Of AmericaClergyFounding Fathers Anti ReligionFounding Fathers Atheist Author:George Washington