“A certain number of Americans are already in Peking and most of us here feel that it would be very useful for the United States and especially for the Left-wing progressive movement in the United States if groups of students such as you mention could make a tour of China.” IfsFeelsStatesWould BeCertainLeftUnitedNumbersUnited StatesGroupsMovementStudentsWingsChinaProgressiveLeft WingProgressive Movement Author:Anna Louise Strong
“In the past when a country became as powerful as the United States, other countries would band together to clip its wings. But that isn't happening now and I don't think it's not going to happen, because other countries are not threatened by us, and they secretly appreciate the services that we provide, even if they don't usually say so.” IfsThinkingCountryStatesHappensTogetherPastUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesBandHappeningsAppreciateWingsOther CountriesThreatenedClip Author:Michael Mandelbaum
“There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit stupider, more rigid, more doctrinaire in their laissez-faire capitalism than the Democrats, who are cuter, prettier, a bit more corrupt - until recently... and more willing than the Republicans to make small adjustments when the poor, the black, the anti-imperialists get out of hand. But, essentially, there is no difference between the two parties.” TwoStatesHandsBitsBlackDifferencesPoorUnitedPartyUnited StatesWillingRepublicanCapitalismWingsPropertyDemocratAdjustmentRight WingLaissez FaireLaissez Faire Capitalism Author:Gore Vidal
“In the United States, you can put on a cowboy hat and join the country-western neighborhood. If you're down below 14th Street in New York City, that's bohemian; that's left-wing.” IfsCountryStatesLeftUnitedCitiesUnited StatesStreetsNew YorkWingsWesternHatsNeighborhoodNew York CityCowboyLeft WingBohemianCowboy HatCountry Western Author:David Lee Roth
“There are thirty to forty thousand left-wing professors in the United States who are racists, murderers, sexual deviants and supporters of Al-Qaeda.” StatesLeftUnitedUnited StatesThousandWingsThirtyFortyRacistAlsProfessorsSupporterMurdererAl QaedaLeft WingDeviants Author:Pat Robertson
“Here in the United States, when the term "fascist" gets used, it`s either talking about other countries, ancient history or it`s used as a sort of insult, right, a sort of generic right wing epithet that people use to criticize politicians who are at most on the edge of mainstream American political thought.” PeopleCountryStatesUsePoliticalUsedTermUnitedTalkingUnited StatesPoliticianWingsAncientEdgesInsultCriticizeMainstreamOther CountriesRight WingFascistsGenericAncient HistoryEpithetTalking About Others Author:Rachel Maddow