“Don't kid yourself. President Obama's decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before he stands for reelection is not driven by the United States' 'position of strength' in the war zone as much as it is by grim economic and political realities at home.” WarStatesHomeRealityKidsPoliticalPresidentDecisionUnitedUnited StatesEconomicPositionDrivenZoneAfghanistanPresident ObamaTroopsGrimWar ZonesReelection Author:Ron Fournier
“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
“And it's a little - very humbling to think that running for president of the United States is - for a kid from Brooklyn, it's quite a step.” ThinkingLittlesStatesRunningKidsPresidentUnitedStepsUnited StatesBrooklynHumbling Author:Rudy Giuliani
“Don't kid yourself. Global warming is no joke. Here's how serious global warming has gotten to be in the United States. In this country global warming is so bad, we are now actually starting to warm up to Barry Bonds.” CountryStatesKidsUnitedUnited StatesSeriousJokesStartingWarmGlobal Warming Author:David Letterman
“Every once in a while, someone would call me a foreigner or a Yankee, or whatever. In the United States, someone might say something, like how kids do, to point out that you're different. That would come as a surprise to me. As you get old, you either get defensive about it or you accept it and you reach out, because you realize the world's full of people like that.” PeopleWorldDifferentStatesMightKidsRealizingUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesSurpriseCall MeReach OutYankeesForeignersOld You Author:Viggo Mortensen
“I hope to continue to be an activist for kids and teenagers and especially girls who are living with HIV/AIDS, because all over the world, people don't have the same rights that we do in the United States.” PeopleWorldStatesKidsGirlUnitedUnited StatesRightsAidsTeenagerActivistHivHiv Aids Author:Jenna Bush
“Something else was different when we were young: our parents were outdoors. I’m not saying they were joining health clubs and things of that sort, but they were out of the house, out on the porch, talking to neighbors. As far as physical fitness goes, today’s kids are the sorriest generation in the history of the United States. Their parents may be out jogging, but the kids just aren’t outside.” MayDifferentStatesKidsTodayYoungHouseParentUnitedTalkingUnited StatesGenerationsClubsNeighborJoiningPorchJoggingPhysical Fitness Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
“The president(Obama) comparing him to a kid in the back of a classroom, I think, is very indicative of the president's lack of appreciation of who Vladimir Putin is. He's an old KGB colonel that has no illusions about our relationship, does not care about a relationship with the United States, continues to oppress his people, continues to act in an autocratic fashion.” PeopleThinkingDoeStatesCareKidsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesFashionIllusionAppreciationComparePresident ObamaClassroomOur RelationshipPutinColonelsKgb Author:John McCain
“If I'm president, some day, young kids will look at the world differently. They will say, I could be president some day. They couldn't have said that before I came along. The world will see the United States in a different context, as a country of true opportunity for all.” IfsWorldLooksSaidDifferentCountryStatesKidsYoungOpportunityPresidentUnitedUnited States Author:Barack Obama
“There's more private security in the United States than there are publicly funded forces, like police. What you don't want is a meld of government and commerce - you really want to keep those two things separate - because once you have that meld, you've got megacorruption, and you have no third force to whom you can say this stuff is poisoning our kids.” WantTwoStatesGovernmentKidsForceStuffUnitedUnited StatesSecurityThirdsPoliceTwo ThingsCommercePoisoning Author:Margaret Atwood
“Today I'm a candidate for the office of president of the United States of America. My kids can't believe I just said that.” BelieveSaidStatesKidsTodayAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesOfficeCandidatesUnited States Of America Author:Jon Huntsman, Jr.
“We're not going to give tax breaks to billionaires and then cut back on the needs of our elderly or poor or kids or education. We're not going to privatize Social Security - in fact, we're going to strengthen it. We're going to provide quality education for every kid in America, from preschool through college. We have to take on these corporate leaders who are selling out the American people, whose allegiance is now much more to China than it is to the United States. If we have the courage to take these people on, I think we can overwhelm George W. Bush and his friends.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsGivingStatesFactsKidsAmericaSocialPoorUnitedQualityLeaderBreakUnited StatesCuttingSecurityCollegeTaxesChinaSellingCorporateSocial SecurityElderlyAllegianceBillionaireQuality EducationSelling OutTax BreaksPreschool Author:Bernie Sanders
“If the players aren't getting paid, there's something terribly, terribly wrong, and that's true only in the United States. Everywhere else, where money is involved with sport, the players get paid. But these poor kids in college, they're doing it for free, and that's just disgraceful.” IfsStatesKidsSportsPoorUnitedUnited StatesPlayerCollegeInvolvedPaidDisgraceful Author:Frank Deford
“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 was born in Sinaloa, Mexico, along with two of my siblings. The rest were born here in the United States. I didn't know we were illegal until I was in the 8th grade. We would call other kids wetbacks, but we were the real wetbacks!” KnowsTwoRealStatesKidsBornUnitedUnited StatesGradesIllegalMexicoSiblingMy Siblings Author:Felipe Esparza