“The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly in favor of liberty and happiness...beyond the Atlantic. In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy to do so. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries.” DoeWarMatterStatesUnitedLibertyUnited StatesTakenRightsPolicyCitizensJewFavorsInjuryFriendlyCherishSentimentsResent Author:James Monroe
“Now, therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.” MayStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTakenPeriodsConstitutionAbsolutesCommittedGrantedGrantsArticlesOffenseSectionsPardonAugustJanuary Author:Gerald R. Ford
“Homicide through gun violence is the leading cause of death among young African American males in the United States. If people look a certain way they have a higher tendency of dying, of having their lives taken away.” PeopleIfsWayLooksStatesYoungCertainCausesUnitedUnited StatesTakenViolenceDyingHigherGunMalesTendenciesAfrican AmericanGun ViolenceHomicideLeading Causes Author:Ryan Coogler
“Taken altogether, Washington as a city is most unsatisfactory, and falls more grievously short of the thing attempted than any other of the great undertakings of which I have seen anything in the United States.” StatesFallUnitedCitiesUnited StatesTakenUndertakings Book:North America: Easyread Large Bold Edition Source: North America: Easyread Large Bold Edition
“I would like to extend to you our deep appreciation and thanks for the position the United States has taken in support of the democratization process that has taken place in Tunisia, in Egypt, and what is attempting to take place in Libya.” StatesProcessUnitedUnited StatesSupportTakenPositionAppreciationThanksEgyptAttemptingLibyaDemocratizationTunisia Author:Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
“American society has a remarkable ability to resist change, or to take whatever change has taken place and attempt to make it go away.” ChangeAbilityUnited StatesTakenRemarkableGoing AwayAmerican Society Author:Nora Ephron
“if there is one place in the United States where private styles make up for public images, it is San Francisco, where all lapsed lovers of America, even loyalists like me experiencing spasms of disillusionment, should be taken for refresher courses. The tides of all-American conformity beat vainly against the San Franciscan rock.” IfsShouldStatesAmericaCoursesUnitedUnited StatesTakenRocksStyleLoversBeatsLike MeConformityTidesSan FranciscoDisillusionmentFranciscansPublic ImageLoyalists Author:Jan Morris
“No man who enters upon the office to which I have succeeded can fail to recognize how every president of the United States has placed special reliance upon his faith in God. Every president has taken comfort and courage when toldthat the Lord 'will be with thee. He will not fail thee nor forsake thee. Fear not-neither be thou dismayed.' Each of our presidents in his own way has placed a special trust in God. Those who were strongest intellectually were also strongest spiritually.” MenWayStatesPresidentUnitedLordUnited StatesTakenFailingSpecialComfortOfficeTheeStrongestTrust In GodFaith In GodRelianceFear NotForsakeDismayed Author:John F. Kennedy
“It is over one hundred years since the abolition of slavery. The Negro people in the United States have taken plenty and they have reached a stage where they have decided that they are not going to take any more.” PeopleYearsStatesUnitedUnited StatesTakenStageHundredDecidedSlaveryPlentyAbolitionAbolition Of Slavery Author:C. L. R. James
“The main problem, certainly, for the people who will not get vaccinated with Thimerosal, which was put into polio vaccine. And the belief was that it may cause autism. And there's been an awful lot done in terms of studies in Western Europe, Canada, the United States, and no correlation was found between Thimerosal and autism from those children who took vaccines. Indeed, when Thimerosal was taken out of many of these vaccines, the autism rate in the United States still rose.” PeopleMayChildrenStillsStatesDoneProblemFoundBeliefCausesTermUnitedUnited StatesStudyTakenEuropeRoseWesternRateAwfulCanadaAutismVaccinesCorrelationPolioWestern EuropePolio Vaccine Author:David Oshinsky
“In a way, no matter who's in charge of the corporation that the United States is, the direction in which it is taken seems to be inexorable. So, you just get the job of being the front man for four or eight years. Now, most people realize that's what you are.” PeopleMenWayYearsMatterStatesSeemsJobsRealizingUnitedUnited StatesTakenFourFrontsEightCorporationsInexorable Author:Alice Walker
“On the whole, yes, I would rather be the Chief Justice of the United States, and a quieter life than that which becomes at the White House is more in keeping with the temperament, but when taken into consideration that I go into history as President, and my children and my children's children are the better placed on account of that fact, I am inclined to think that to be President well compensates one for all the trials and criticisms he has to bear and undergo.” ThinkingWellsChildrenStatesWholeFactsHousePresidentJusticeWhiteUnitedUnited StatesTakenBearsCriticismAccountsTrialsChiefsMy ChildrenConsiderationWhite HouseTemperamentChief Justice Author:William Howard Taft
“Open the books ... and you will be staggered to see how much American money has been taken from the United States Treasury for the benefit of Russia. Find out what business has been transacted for the State Bank of Soviet Russia, by its correspondent, the Chase Bank of New York [owned by the Rockefellers].” Has BeensBookStatesUnitedUnited StatesTakenNew YorkBenefitsRussiaCommunismSovietBankingTreasurySoviet Russia Author:Louis Thomas McFadden
“One difference between French appeasement and American appeasement is that France pays ransom in cash and gets its hostages back while the United States pays ransom in arms and gets additional hostages taken.” StatesDifferencesUnitedPayUnited StatesTakenArmsFranceCashHostageRansomAppeasement Author:William Safire
“This is the most generous country in the world when it comes to immigration. There are a million people a year who legally immigrate to the United States, and people feel like we're being taken advantage of.” PeopleWorldFeelsYearsCountryStatesUnitedMillionsUnited StatesTakenAdvantageImmigrationGenerousTaken Advantage Author:Marco Rubio
“I think the United States and its British attack dog are not taken seriously anywhere in the world and can play no role in helping a political solution.” ThinkingWorldStatesPlayHelpingPoliticalUnitedRolesUnited StatesTakenDogSolutionsBritish Author:Tariq Ali
“America is the one place in the world where I just innately understood [that] South Africa and the United States of America have a very similar history. It's different timelines, but the directions we've taken and the consequences - dealing with the aftermath of what we consider to be democracy, and realizing that freedom is just the beginning of the conversation, that's something I've learned.” WorldDifferentStatesAmericaRealizingUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyTakenConversationUnderstoodConsequenceSouthI've LearnedSouth AfricaUnited States Of AmericaPlaces In The WorldAftermathTimelines Author:Trevor Noah
“If the Founding Fathers and other patriots who fought during the Revolutionary War could see the United States today, I believe they would be proud of the path that the thirteen colonies, now fifty strong states, have taken since then.” IfsBelieveWarStatesWould BeTodayFatherStrongI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesPathTakenProudRevolutionaryFiftyPatriotBe ProudFoundingColonyThirteenRevolutionary War Author:John Linder
“Your life could be taken from you at any moment. Between AIDS and the violence against gay people that was so prevalent back then, you really didn't feel like you were living in the United States of America, in a first world country. You had a sense that life was a precious commodity you had to fight to keep.” PeopleWorldFeelsFirstsCountryStatesMomentsAmericaFightingUnitedUnited StatesTakenViolenceLike YouGayAidsUnited States Of AmericaCommodityGay People Author:Dale Peck
“Theologians will protest that the story of Abraham sacrificing Issac should not be taken as literal fact. And the appropriate response is twofold: first, many, many people even to this day, do take the whole of their Scripture to be literal fact, and they have a great deal of political power over the rest of us, especially in the United States and in the Islamic world. Second, if not of literal fact, how should we take the story? As an alagory? Then an alagory for what? Surely, nothing praiseworthy. As a moral lesson? But what kind of morals could one derive from this appalling story?” PeopleWorldShouldFirstsKindTwoStatesWholeFactsStoriesPoliticalUnitedDealsMoralUnited StatesTakenSacrificeLessonsResponseScriptureIslamicAppropriateProtestThis DayTheologianFoldsAbrahamLiteralPolitical PowerPraiseworthyMoral Lessons Author:Richard Dawkins
“You have just taken an oath of allegiance to the United States. Of allegiance to whom? Of allegiance to no one, unless it be God. Certainly not of allegiance to those who temporarily represent this great government. You have taken an oath of allegiance to a great ideal, to a great body of principles, to a great hope of the human race.” HumansStatesBodyGovernmentUnitedRacePrinciplesUnited StatesTakenIdealsHuman RaceAllegianceOathGreat IdeaGreat Hope Book:Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson Source: Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson
“In the United States, cheap fossil fuel has eroded communities. We're the first people with no real practical need for each other. Everything comes from a great distance through anonymous and invisible transactions. We've taken that to be a virtue, but it's as much a curse. Americans are not very satisfied with their lives, and the loss of community is part of that.” PeopleNeedsFirstsRealStatesCommunityLossUnitedUnited StatesVirtueTakenDistancePracticalsInvisibleSatisfiedCurseFuelFossilsFossil FuelTransactions Author:Bill McKibben