“What's brilliant about the United States system of government is separation of power. Not only the executive, legislative, judicial branches, but also the independence of the military from civilians, an independent media and press, an independent central bank.” StatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesMediaMilitaryIndependentIndependencePressesBrilliantSeparationBranchesExecutivesCiviliansJudicialCentral BanksSeparation Of PowersSystems Of GovernmentJudicial BranchIndependent Media Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“The Constitution of the United States was made by white men, the citizens and representatives of twelve slaveholding and one non-slaveholding State; and it was made for white men.” MenMadeStatesWhiteUnitedUnited StatesCitizensConstitutionTwelveRepresentativesWhite ManConstitution Of The United States Author:John Henninger Reagan
“On a day when Osama bin Laden again threatened the United States and our allies, it is disturbing to realize that John Kerry neither recognizes nor understands the murderous ideology of our enemies and the threat they pose to our nation.” StatesNationsRealizingUnitedEnemyUnited StatesThreatIdeologyAlliesThreatenedDisturbingBin LadenOsama Bin LadenJohn Kerry Author:Marc Racicot
“Everything that I will ever accomplish, I owe to God, to my parent's sacrifices, and to the United States of America.” StatesAmericaParentUnitedUnited StatesSacrificeAccomplishUnited States Of America Author:Marco Rubio
“The United States is the laughingstock of the world.” WorldStatesUnitedUnited States Author:Scott Ritter
“My goal in Baghdad was to facilitate a debate here in the United States on America's policy toward Iraq, a debate that's been sadly lacking.” StatesAmericaGoalUnitedUnited StatesPolicyIraqDebateLackingFacilitateBaghdad Author:Scott Ritter
“I made a movie to explain to the American public what had been achieved in regards to disarmament of Iraq and why inspectors aren't in Iraq today and detailing the very complex, murky history of interaction between Iraq, the United Nations and the United States. It is most definitely not a pro-Iraq movie. It is a pro-truth movie.” MadeStatesTodayNationsUnitedUnited StatesRegardComplexesIraqInteractionUnited NationsDisarmamentInspectors Author:Scott Ritter
“The fear of murder has grown so enormous in the United States that it leaves a taint, like the mark of Cain, on everyone murder touches.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesMarkMurderEnormousCain Author:Eric Schlosser
“I think I'm a global citizen. My parents came from China, were educated in France and emigrated to the United States. And I think that opened up my mind to be able to live and work anywhere.” ThinkingMindStatesAbleParentUnitedUnited StatesCitizensChinaEducatedFranceGlobal Citizen Author:Anna Sui
“Of course the Republicans have long wanted to privatize Social Security and destroy it. But Social Security has been the most important and valuable social program in the history of the United States.” LongHas BeensImportantStatesWantedCoursesSocialUnitedUnited StatesSecurityRepublicanProgramValuableSocial SecuritySocial Programs Author:Bernie Sanders
“But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don't agree with that, because I don't think we're capable of doing that.” IfsThinkingWorldShouldBelieveLittlesStatesUnitedUnited StatesCapableAgreeAround The WorldRegimesIf You Believe Author:Brent Scowcroft
“I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.” WorldWantStatesSportsNaturalLevelsUnitedUnited StatesPlayerHeardHighestBaseballBaseball Player Author:Ichiro Suzuki
“In the 'Nike Economy,' there are no standards, no borders and no rules. Clearly, the global economy isn't working for workers in China and Indonesia and Burma any more than it is for workers here in the United States.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesEconomyStandardsWorkersChinaBordersIndonesiaGlobal EconomyNikeBurma Author:John J. Sweeney
“Barack Obama was not born into wealth or privilege, yet today his is president of these United States of America. Barack Obama has lived the American Dream. He has walked in our shoes.” StatesDreamTodayAmericaPresidentBornWealthUnitedUnited StatesShoesPrivilegeBarackAmerican DreamUnited States Of America Author:Ken Salazar
“Growing up in a very rural and remote area in Colorado's San Luis Valley - one of the poorest counties in the United States - essentially created the framework of values from which I operate. I stand up for the little guy. I fight discrimination at all levels. I fight for an inclusive America.” LittlesStatesAmericaGuyValuesFightingLevelsUnitedUnited StatesGrowing UpGrowingAreasDiscriminationValleysFrameworkCountyPoorestColorado Author:Ken Salazar
“The United States basically accepted protection abroad as the price of post-war recovery. Now, that these countries have caught up to our level of prosperity, it is time for them to catch up to our level of openness.” WarCountryStatesLevelsUnitedUnited StatesCaughtProsperityProtectionAcceptedRecoveryPostsOpennessCaught UpPost War Author:Lawrence Summers
“Our brave soldiers and support personnel are engaged in a battle as important as any the United States has ever before waged, for the success of democracy in Iraq is a crucial test of the ideals this Nation was founded upon.” ImportantStatesNationsUnitedUnited StatesSupportDemocracyBattleIdealsTestsBraveSoldierIraqEngagedCrucialPersonnelBrave Soldiers Author:Virginia Foxx
“Gov. Romney has claimed to have created 100,000 jobs at Bain and people are wanting to know, is there proof of that claim? And was it U.S. jobs created for United States citizens?” PeopleKnowsStatesJobsUnitedUnited StatesCitizensRepublicanClaimsProofRomney Author:Sarah Palin
“I heard governor Romney here called me an economic lightweight because I wasn't a Wall Street financier like he was. Do you really believe this country wants to elect a Wall Street financier as the president of the United States? Do you think that's the experience that we need? Someone who's going to take and look after as he did his friends on Wall Street and bail them out at the expense of Main Street America.” ThinkingWantNeedsBelieveLooksCountryStatesAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesHeardEconomicStreetsWallRepublicanExpensesGovernorsRomneyBailMain StreetFinanciersGovernor Romney Author:Rick Santorum
“Running a business is not the same as being president of the United States.” StatesRunningPresidentUnitedUnited StatesRepublicanRunning A Business Author:Rick Santorum
“There's a real difference between venture capitalism and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism we like. Vulture capitalism, no. And the fact of the matter is that he's going to have to face up to this at some time or another, and South Carolina is as good a place to draw that line in the sand as any.” KnowsTryingRealMatterStatesDoneFactsUseProblemJobsFacesPresidentDifferencesLinesUnitedUnited StatesKnow HowRepublicanPaperDrawsCapitalismSouthSandTexasVentureCarolinaSouth CarolinaVultureLines In The Sand Author:Rick Perry
“It's an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States... I'm free to thwart and torment the authorities - that is to say, I can get out my hostilities - because I'm protected in my conscience by the knowledge that what I'm doing is morally right. I've never been so relaxed. I've never been so happy.” MenI CanStatesPresidentUnitedExistenceUnited StatesAuthorityConscienceIdealsActivismProtectedTormentRelaxedHostilityBerating Author:Benjamin Spock
“English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's not by design. The United States dominates because it's the biggest market.” WorldStatesUnitedUnited StatesPiecesDesign Author:Norman Spinrad
“I tend to be a great optimist when it comes to the United States and the American way of life, I think precisely because I wasn't born into it.” ThinkingWayStatesBornUnitedUnited StatesOptimistAmerican Way Of Life Author:Paullina Simons
“It's really sad for me that in the United States the Latino community is losing its culture and language, especially among kids born here - a lot of them can't even speak our language.” StatesKidsCultureSpeakLanguageBornCommunityUnitedUnited StatesLosingLatinoReally SadCulture And Language Author:Romeo Santos
“Someone wrote a piece about Henry Green in The Partisan Review that was so intriguing that I got one of his novels, Loving, I believe, which was the first that came to attention in the United States.” FirstsBelieveStatesI BelieveUnitedAttentionUnited StatesNovelPiecesGreenReviewsIntriguingPartisans Author:Terry Southern
“Take a stand against intolerance and for our American values. Say it with pride: I support democracy in America. I support working people in America. I support opportunity in America. And I support Barack Obama for another four years as president of the United States of America!” PeopleYearsStatesAmericaValuesOpportunityPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSupportDemocracyFourPrideBarackFour YearsIntoleranceUnited States Of AmericaAmerican ValuesDemocracy In AmericaOpportunity In America Author:Richard Trumka
“The best thing I have are 5 percent bonds from 1780, denominated from $1 to $20. As far as I can tell, they are obligations from the United States of America, so I should be able to walk down to the Federal Reserve and redeem the uncanceled ones. With 217 years of accrued interest, for a $20 bond, that's about $800,000.” ShouldYearsI CanStatesAbleAmericaInterestWalksUnitedUnited StatesPercentObligationBest ThingsReservesUnited States Of AmericaFederal Reserve Author:Andrew Tobias
“By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to reveal.” StatesUnitedDealsEnemyUnited StatesDefinitionsDenyUnclear Author:George Tenet
“I am convinced the next major attack against the United States may well be conducted by people with Asian or African faces, not the ones that many Americans are alert to.” PeopleWellsMayStatesFacesNextUnitedUnited StatesMajorsConvincedAsian Author:George Tenet
“Iraq... has also had contacts with al-Qaida. Their ties may be limited by divergent ideologies, but the two sides' mutual antipathy toward the United States and the Saudi royal family suggests that tactical cooperation between them is possible.” MayTwoStatesSidesUnitedUnited StatesIraqContactIdeologyTiesMutualAlsCooperationRoyalTwo SidesSaudisDivergentRoyal FamilyTacticalAntipathy Author:George Tenet
“General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the 'Rolling Stone' interview fatally compromised his ability to represent the United States in dealing with allies and to act within the circle of people who must make decisions in Afghanistan.” PeopleStatesAbilityDecisionUnitedUnited StatesVirtueStonesCirclesInterviewsAlliesAfghanistanRollingCommandersRolling StonesStrategist Author:Jim Talent
“I feel that I am best positioned to fight for America's future here in the trenches of the United States Senate.” FeelsStatesAmericaFightingUnitedUnited StatesSenateTrenches Author:John Thune
“When you're the president of the United States and you know that the biggest issue facing you is this cliff that we're about ready to head over if we don't get this spending and debt situation under control, it's very irresponsible not to take the action that is necessary to fix the problem.” IfsKnowsStatesProblemActionPresidentUnitedSituationUnited StatesIssuesReadyDebtSpendingCliffsIrresponsible Author:John Thune
“Human reactions to robots varies by culture and changes over time. In the United States we are terrified by killer robots. In Japan people want to snuggle with killer robots.” PeopleWantHumansStatesCultureUnitedUnited StatesReactionsJapanKillersTerrifiedRobotsVaryChanges Over Time Author:Daniel H. Wilson
“There are many countries where you can only believe more or you can believe less. But in the United States we have this incredible smorgasbord, and it really interests me why people are drawn to one faith rather than another, especially to a system of belief that to an outsider seems absurd or dangerous.” PeopleBelieveCountryStatesSeemsBeliefInterestUnitedUnited StatesDangerousIncrediblesAbsurdOutsiders Author:Lawrence Wright
“The whole financial industry is consolidating in the United States.” StatesWholeUnitedUnited StatesEconomyIndustryFinancial Author:Sanford I. Weill
“You know, that's the very least that the American voters can expect is that when you're running for President that you outline what you would do and what you would do differently from this - from the President of the United States.” KnowsStatesRunningPresidentUnitedUnited StatesVotersOutlinesAmerican Voters Author:Mitt Romney
“Bottom line is President Obama has said that it is a top priority of the United States of America to ensure that Iran never achieves a nuclear.” SaidStatesAmericaPresidentLinesUnitedUnited StatesAchieveBottomNuclearPrioritiesIranPresident ObamaUnited States Of AmericaBottom LineTop Priorities Author:Mitt Romney
“It's very hard to understand just what our strategy is in Syria, frankly, and on Iraq that this is Iraq's war, that the role of the United States is to help Iraq, to arm, train, support, provide air support, but this has to be Iraq's war.” WarHardStatesHelpingUnitedRolesUnited StatesSupportAirArmsStrategyTrainIraqSyria Author:David Ignatius
“I believe, that there is at least de facto cooperation between United States and Iran, at least in Iraq.” BelieveStatesI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesIraqIranCooperation Author:David Ignatius
“Go back to - my first campaign for the United States Senate. I got a bunch of people now talking about inequality. But back then they sure weren't. Back then, folks were saying I was preaching class warfare. Now it's suddenly their campaign platform.” PeopleFirstsStatesUnitedTalkingClassUnited StatesFolksCampaignsBunchInequalitySenatePlatformsPreachingWarfareClass Warfare Author:Barack Obama
“Nashville may be famed for its country music, but this may well be the capital of rock and roll music in the United States of America.” WellsMayCountryStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesRocksUnited States Of AmericaRock And RollNashvilleRock And Roll Music Author:Paul Stanley
“My parents immigrated to the United States with $10 in their pocket and a belief that the America they had heard about really did exist as the land of opportunity.” StatesAmericaOpportunityBeliefParentUnitedUnited StatesHeardLandPocketsLand Of Opportunity Author:Mia Love
“Methamphetamine is a highly dangerous drug that is wreaking havoc on families and communities throughout this country. The drug's use is spreading across the United States.” CountryStatesUseCommunityUnitedUnited StatesDangerousDrugHavocDangerous DrugsMethamphetamine Author:Rick Larsen
“It may sound terrible, but I often say that the military saved me from a conventional life in the United States and I've never really thanked them for it, because I haven't exactly been pro-military in my work.” MayStatesSoundUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryHavensTerribleSavedConventionalConventional Life Author:Robert Jay Lifton
“Poland is an ally of the United States of America. It was our duty to show that we are a reliable, loyal, and predictable ally. America needed our help, and we had to give it.” GivingStatesHelpingShowsAmericaUnitedUnited StatesDutyNeededAlliesLoyalUnited States Of AmericaPredictablePoland Author:Adam Michnik
“Let me say this on a personal note. Without the United States of America, I would in all probably not be able to stand here before you today.” StatesTodayAbleAmericaUnitedUnited StatesLet MeNotesUnited States Of America Author:Angela Merkel
“If everyone invested in the neighborhood they lived in, the United States would be a magical place.” IfsStatesWould BeUnitedUnited StatesNeighborhoodMagical Places Author:Anthony Mackie
“The United States and Mexico are trapped - economically, culturally, politically and because of drug crime - in the same continent.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesCrimeDrugMexicoTrappedContinents Author:Barry McCaffrey