“People are an asset, not a liability. The United States is the most immigrant-friendly nation in the world and the richest country in the world. This is not a coincidence. Those voices that would make us less immigrant-friendly would make us less successful, less prosperous and certainly less American.” PeopleWorldCountryStatesNationsVoiceUnitedUnited StatesSuccessfulImmigrantsFriendlyAssetsCoincidenceProsperousLiability Author:Grover Norquist
“Many of the countries outpacing the United States in the deployment of high speed Internet services, including Canada, Japan and South Korea, have successfully combined municipal systems with privately deployed networks to wire their countries, .. As a country, we cannot afford to cut off any successful strategy if we want to remain internationally competitive.” IfsWantCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesSuccessfulCuttingInternetStrategySouthIncludingSpeedCanadaJapanWireKoreaDeploymentHigh SpeedSouth Korea Author:John McCain
“You know, Barack Obama the last ten days was traveling overseas campaigning in Europe and everywhere. It was so successful, campaigning abroad, that he is actually thinking about campaigning here in the United States.” ThinkingKnowsStatesLastsUnitedUnited StatesSuccessfulTenEuropeBarackCampaigning Author:David Letterman
“After 9/11, it became clear that we [the United States] had to do several things to have a successful strategy to win the global war on terror, specifically that we had to go after the terrorists wherever we might find them, that we also had to go after state sponsors of terror, those who might provide sanctuary or safe harbor for terror.” WarStatesMightWinningUnitedUnited StatesSuccessfulClearSafeStrategyTerrorTerroristHarborsSanctuaryWar On TerrorSponsorsSafe Harbor Author:Dick Cheney
“Do not tell me that you have got to be rich! We have a false standard of greatness in the United States. We think here that a man must be great, that he must be notorious; that he must be extremely wealthy, or that his name must be upon the putrid lips of rumor. It is all a mistake. It is not necessary to be rich or to be great, or to be powerful, to be happy. The happy man is the successful man. Happiness is the legal tender of the soul.Joy is wealth.” ThinkingMenSoulStatesJoyNamesWealthUnitedPowerfulMistakeUnited StatesSuccessfulRichGreatnessStandardsLipsContentmentWealthyRumorNotoriousHappy ManSuccessful Man Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.” CountryRealityLinesUnitedBehindsClassSuccessfulPolicyConcernedRateMinistersForeign PolicySectionsGoverningInfluential Author:A. J. P. Taylor
“There is no sense in agreeing or desiring that the United States take an affirmative position in outer space, unless we are prepared to do the work and bear the burdens to make it successful.” StatesSpaceUnitedUnited StatesSuccessfulPositionBearsPreparedBurdenOuter SpaceAffirmative Author:John F. Kennedy
“You look at Man United and Liverpool, and they are red - they are much more successful and have a bigger fan base than Chelsea or Manchester City.” MenLooksUnitedCitiesSuccessfulFansRedBiggerManchesterLiverpoolChelseaManchester CityMan United Author:Vincent Tan
“The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career - either in stock cars or IndyCar - and he won't need a passport.” NeedsCountryStatesUnitedCareersUnited StatesSuccessfulCarDriversPassportsSuccessful Career Author:Mario Andretti
“No policy has proved more successful in making friends for the United States, during the cold war and since, than educating students from abroad at our colleges and universities.” WarStatesUnitedUnited StatesSuccessfulPolicyStudentsCollegeColdUniversityCold WarMaking FriendsColleges And Universities Author:Robert M. Gates