“American power confers benefits on most inhabitants of the planet, even on many who dislike it and some who actively oppose it, because the United States plays a major, constructive, and historically unprecedented role in the world.” WorldStatesPlayUnitedRolesUnited StatesPlanetsBenefitsMajorsDislikeConstructiveUnprecedentedAmerican Power Book:The Frugal Superpower: America's Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era Source: The Frugal Superpower: America's Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era
“Ours is certainly not an old culture. Yet in recent decades we've used more energy, destroyed more soil, created more pathogenicity (temporarily stopped some too, for sure), mutated more bacteria, and dumped more toxicity on the planet than all the cultures before us-combined. I love the United States, but I am not blind to the wrongs. I have no desire to live anywhere else, but that doesn't mean I think everything we're doing should be done or can be maintained.” ThinkingShouldMeanStatesDoneUsedDesireCultureEnergyUnitedUnited StatesPlanetsBlindEnvironmentalDecadesDestroyedSoilSustainabilityToxicityBacteriaDumpedDesire To LiveOld Culture Author:Joel Salatin
“I was born in the middle of the Second World War when the United States dropped their atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when millions of people were dying in concentration camps, when half the planet were colonies that belonged to empires. The word feminism didn't exist. And in my lifetime I have seen all these things improved, changed. We are more connected, more informed. We can fight against stuff together in ways we couldn't before.” PeopleWorldWayWarStatesTogetherFightingStuffBornUnitedHalfMillionsUnited StatesFeminismMiddleDyingChangedPlanetsLifetimeConnectedWar Of The WorldsBombsEmpiresConcentrationCampsColonySecond World WarAtomic BombHiroshimaConcentration CampHiroshima And Nagasaki Author:Isabel Allende
“I was lucky enough to have been born on this planet earth, in this admirable country of the United States of America.” Has BeensCountryStatesEnoughEarthAmericaBornUnitedUnited StatesPlanetsLuckyUnited States Of AmericaAdmirablePlanet Earth Author:Buzz Aldrin
“The United States is the most dishonest, ungodly, unspiritual nation that ever existed in the history of the planet.” StatesNationsUnitedUnited StatesPlanets Author:Dick Gregory
“We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the turquoise seas of the tropics.” StatesBeautifulUnitedUnited StatesSeaFieldsPlanetsLakesPurpleTropicsTurquoise Author:Dan Aykroyd
“I read somewhere that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people. Six degrees of separation between us and everyone else on this planet. The President of the United States, a gondolier in Venice, just fill in the names. I find it extremely comforting that we're so close. I also find it like Chinese water torture, that we're so close because you have to find the right six people to make the right connection... I am bound, you are bound, to everyone on this planet by a trail of six people.” PeopleStatesNamesPresidentWaterUnitedUnited StatesPlanetsDegreesSixConnectionsBoundsSeparationChineseTortureTrailsComfortingVeniceSix Degrees Of Separation Author:John Guare
“Climate change is real, caused by human activity and already devastating our nation and planet. The United States must lead the world in combating climate change and transforming our energy system away from fossil fuels and toward energy efficiency and sustainability.” WorldHumansRealStatesEnergyNationsUnitedUnited StatesPlanetsActivityClimateClimate ChangeFuelSustainabilityEfficiencyFossilsTransformingFossil FuelHuman ActivityEnergy Efficiency Author:Bernie Sanders