“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
“I want to tell the United States, the international community and all those who speak about peace that... the shortest way for this is that they should work for halting the Israeli aggression and occupation of the Palestinian territories.” WayWantShouldStatesSpeakCommunityUnitedUnited StatesInternationalOccupationTerritoryAggressionPalestinianIsraeliInternational CommunityIsraeli Occupation Author:Khaled Mashal
“John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' also speaks urgently to today's concerns: the cratered trail of dreams for Mexican immigrants seeking a promised land in the Western [United States]; the perfidy of banks in foreclosing on poor people's homes; and the insurgent urge of the book's protagonist, Tom Joad, to speak truth to police power. 'Wherever there's a cop beatin' up a guy,' Tom promises, 'I'll be there.' In Salinas, Calif., Ferguson, Mo., or Staten Island, N.Y., Tom's truth goes marching on.” PeopleBookStatesHomeDreamTodayGuySpeakPoorUnitedUnited StatesLandPromiseConcernPoliceWesternSeekingIslandsUrgesImmigrantsTomsCopPoor PeopleTrailsWrathMexicanGrapesSpeak The TruthProtagonistsInsurgentPromised LandFergusonPolice PowerPerfidyMarching On Author:Richard Corliss
“I always say to young people, "Get the hell out of the United States." Especially if you're young, like if you're 21 or something. Let's say you don't speak any Italian. You're 21. Everyone's going to want to sleep with you and be nice to you. And the best way to learn a language is to sleep with someone from that country.” PeopleIfsWayWantCountryStatesYoungSpeakLanguageSleepUnitedUnited StatesHellNiceBest WayItalianBeing NiceWant To Sleep Author:David Sedaris
“In the United States the whites speak well of the Blacks but think bad about them, whereas the Blacks talk bad and think bad aboutthe whites. Whites fear Blacks, because they have a bad conscience, and Blacks hate whites because they need not have a bad conscience.” ThinkingNeedsWellsStatesHateSpeakUnitedUnited StatesRacismConscience Author:Friedrich Durrenmatt
“I would rather be known as an advocate of equal suffrage than to speak every night on the best-paying platforms in the United States and ignore it.” StatesNightSpeakUnitedKnownUnited StatesIntegrityEqualConvictionEvery NightPlatformsSuffrage Author:Anna Howard Shaw
“My fellow Americans, I must speak to you tonight about a mounting danger in Central America that threatens the security of the United States. This danger will not go away it will grow worse, much worse, if we fail to take action now.” IfsStatesActionAmericaSpeakGrowsUnitedUnited StatesFailingSecurityDangerFellowsTonightGoing AwayCentral America Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1986 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1986
“But I'm here to say that when we do speak out, we're going to do so because the United States of America does believe, and will always stand for, a certain set of universal values.” BelieveDoeStatesAmericaCertainValuesSpeakUnitedUnited StatesUniversalUnited States Of AmericaSpeaks Out Author:Barack Obama
“I said, 'I'm going to the United States to study with Stella Adler and do movies because nobody here has done it and my passion is films.' But I came here and I didn't speak English, I didn't have a green card, I didn't know I had to have an agent, I couldn't drive, I was dyslexic.” KnowsSaidStatesDoneFilmPassionSpeakUnitedUnited StatesStudyGreenCardsAgentsMy PassionSpeak EnglishDyslexicStellaGreen CardAdler Author:Salma Hayek
“My father was a mailman. His father was a coal miner. My mother's mother could barely speak English. And their son today stands on this podium in the great state of Ohio not only as the governor, but a candidate for president of the United States.I do believe in miracles.I've had a lot of elections. But my elections are really not about campaigns. I tell my people that these are about a movement.A movement to do things like provide economic growth. And a movement not to let anybody be behind.” PeopleBelieveStatesTodayMotherFatherSpeakGrowthPresidentUnitedBehindsUnited StatesEconomicMovementSonMiracleElectionCampaignsCandidatesGovernorsCoalEconomic GrowthOhioMinersSpeak EnglishBelieve In MiraclesCoal MinersMailman Author:John Kasich
“The more aggressive our ideologies become, the more aggressive our discourse whether it's in the United States, from Washington D.C., or whether it's from Tehran, or from some underground Al-Qaeda cell. The more aggressive that discourse is, the more people of moderate persuasion have to organize and speak a voice of compassion. That means to feel with the other.” PeopleFeelsMeanStatesSpeakVoiceUnitedCompassionUnited StatesIdeologyCellsAlsAggressiveOrganizeDiscoursePersuasionModeratesAl QaedaTehran Author:Karen Armstrong
“The president of the United States is supposed to lead the free world and not follow it. Other nations have been more outspoken. So, I hope that we'll hear more of this because young men and women taking to the streets in Tehran need our support. The signs are in English. They're basically asking for us to speak up on their behalf.” MenWorldNeedsHas BeensStatesYoungSpeakNationsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSupportStreetsMen And WomenAskingYoung ManBehalfOutspokenFree WorldTehran Author:Barack Obama
“The following [addition to the Bill of Rights] would have pleased me: The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, to write, or otherwise to publish anything but false facts affecting injuriously the life, liberty or reputation of others, or affecting the peace of the [United States] with foreign nations.” PeopleWritingStatesFactsSpeakNationsUnitedLibertyUnited StatesRightsBillsFollowingReputationPublishDeprivedBill Of Rights Author:Thomas Jefferson
“It is a wry commentary on the value-system in the United States that one speaks there of "teacher training" and "driver education."” StatesValuesSpeakUnitedUnited StatesTeacherTrainingDriversCommentaryValue SystemsWryTeacher Training Author:Peter Hilton
“I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language... Apache.” ShouldBelieveCountryStatesSpeakLanguageI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesNativeForeignersNative Language Author:Steve Martin