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“Well, we have the leverage in the sense that we supply all the wherewithal...or a major part of the wherewithal to finance or to pay for everything Israel does. We don't have any leverage in the sense that Israel controls the Senate. The Senate is at least...a subservient, in my opinion, much too much. We should be more concerned about the United States' interest, rather than doing the bidding of Israel. This is a most unusual development.”

Should Wells Doe States Interest United Pay Opinion United States Too Much Development Majors Concerned Jew Israel Finance Unusual Senate Bidding Subservient

Author:J. William Fulbright

“Really, an historic night last night. You may have heard, Barack Obama will be the first black president of the United States of America. ... Obama is also the first Democrat to receive more than 50 percent of the vote since Jimmy Carter, the first senator to be elected since Jack Kennedy, the first Muslim to be ... I said too much.”

“More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.”

Source: The affluent society

“In the United States, where it has become almost impossible to use "liberal" in the sense in which I have used it, the term "libertarian" has been used instead. It may be the answer; but for my part I find it singularly unattractive. For my taste it carries too much the flavor of a manufactured term and of a substitute. What I should want is a word which describes the party of life, the party that favors free growth and spontaneous evolution. But I have racked my brain unsuccessfully to find a descriptive term which commends itself.”

“one reason we haven't any national art is because we have too much magnificence. All our capacity for admiration is used up on the splendor of palace-like railway stations and hotels. Our national tympanum is so deafened by that blare of sumptuousness that we have no ears for the still, small voice of beauty.”

Art Stills Reason Used Voice Beauty United States Too Much Havens Art Is Capacity Ears Hotel Stations Admiration Palaces Splendor Railway Magnificence Small Voice Railway Station

Book:The Bent Twig

Source: The Bent Twig

“This is a speculating and selfish age; and to think 'money will answer all things,' is too much the characteristic of Americans.”

Thinking Age Answers Money United States Too Much All Things Selfish Characteristics

Book:Traits of American Life

Source: Traits of American Life

“Americans took a great deal too much credit for creating wealth, when most of the time they had really just been living off natural bounty unprecedented in the history of the world.”

World Natural Wealth Deals United States Too Much Creating Credit World History Unprecedented Bounty Creating Wealth

Book:Moo

Source: Moo

“The House of Lords, architecturally, is a magnificent room, and the dignity, quiet, and repose of the scene made me unwillingly acknowledge that the Senate of the United States might possibly improve its manners. Perhaps in our desire for simplicity, absence of title, or badge of office we may have thrown over too much.”