“When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesGrowing UpGrowingBecomingPoliticianSweden Author:George Papandreou
“Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United States into the image of the debt-laden countries of Europe. His approach has been more spending, more regulation, and higher taxes.” Has BeensCountryStatesGovernmentJobsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesEconomyGrowingHigherTaxesApproachEuropeDebtFocusedSpendingPresident ObamaRegulationRemakes Author:Rob Portman
“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
“It would convert the Treasury of the United States into a manufactory of paper money. It makes the House of Representatives and the Senate, or the caucus of the party which happens to be in the majority, the absolute dictator of the financial and business affairs of this country. This scheme surpasses all the centralism and all the Caesarism that were ever charged upon the Republican party in the wildest days of the war or in the events growing out of the war.” WarCountryStatesHappensHouseUnitedPartyUnited StatesGrowingEventsRepublicanPaperAbsolutesMajorityAffairFinancialSenateRepresentativesDictatorSchemesRepublican PartyTreasuryHouse Of RepresentativesCaucusPaper Money Author:James A. Garfield
“When I was growing up, so many of the important changes for African-Americans were being made in the United States Supreme Court and were being made by lawyers. I followed the court very intensely and wanted to do that for my life.” MadeImportantStatesWantedUnitedUnited StatesGrowing UpGrowingCourtLawyerSupremeAfrican AmericanSupreme Court Author:Leah Ward Sears
“Ive inherited a sense of that loss from my parents because it was so palpable all the time while I was growing up, the sense of what my parents had sacrificed in moving to the United States, and yet at the same time, building a life here and all that that entailed.” StatesMovingParentLossUnitedUnited StatesGrowing UpGrowingBuilding Author:Jhumpa Lahiri
“Here's the truth: even if countries like the United States curb our emissions, if growing countries like India - with soaring energy needs - don't also embrace cleaner fuels, then we don't stand a chance against climate change.” IfsNeedsCountryStatesEnergyChangeChanceUnitedUnited StatesGrowingIndiaEmbraceClimateClimate ChangeFuelSoarEmissionsCleanersCurb Author:Barack Obama
“ISIL presents a growing threat not only in Syria and Iraq, but throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and now in the United States as well. Terrorists and their enablers will continue to receive the unwavering attention of law enforcement and the intelligence community.” WellsStatesLawCommunityUnitedAttentionUnited StatesGrowingMiddleEuropeThreatIraqEastTerroristMiddle EastSyriaLaw EnforcementEnforcementUnwaveringIsilIntelligence CommunityNorth AfricaEnablers Author:Devin Nunes
“I think would send a very strong message to Putin and to Russia that NATO countries and the United States are going to respond by growing stronger economically and strategically.” ThinkingCountryStatesStrongUnitedUnited StatesGrowingMessagesStrongerRussiaVery StrongPutinNatoGrowing Stronger Author:Mike Pence
“I always loved science and math growing up. I was born in Iran; I grew up there and then came to the United States when I was about 16 years old. And I thought that this was my opportunity to get involved with something really cool and great.” YearsStatesOpportunityBornUnitedUnited StatesGrowing UpGrowingGrewInvolvedGrew UpMathIranGet InvolvedReally Cool Author:Anousheh Ansari
“To date, nearly 100,000 Hispanics have died with AIDS. Since Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the United States, our challenge is even greater.” StatesChallengesUnitedUnited StatesGreaterGrowingGroupsDiedAidsMinoritiesHivMinority Groups Author:Solomon Ortiz
“The dynamic ideal we call democracy, gradually growing up in the human heart for two-thousand five hundred years, at least, has now every opportunity to found the natural democratic state in these United States of America by way of natural economic order and a natural, or organic, architecture.” WayYearsHumansHeartTwoStatesAmericaOrderFoundOpportunityNaturalUnitedUnited StatesGrowing UpDemocracyFiveGrowingEconomicThousandHundredIdealsDemocraticArchitectureUnited States Of AmericaHuman HeartEconomic OrderOrganic Architecture Author:Frank Lloyd Wright