“The Indian community in Canada has integrated much better than the Indian community in United States. They've become really Canadian at the same time as keeping all their Indian characters and customs and social groups.” StatesCharacterSocialCommunityUnitedUnited StatesGroupsIndianCanadaCustomsIntegratedSocial Groups Author:Azim Premji
“The new culture war is about national identity rather than religion and 'transcendent authority.' It focuses on which groups the United States will formally admit to residence and citizenship. It asks the same question as the old culture war: 'Who are we?' But the earlier query was primarily about how we define ourselves morally. The new question is about how we define ourselves ethnically, racially and linguistically. It is, in truth, one of the oldest questions in our history, going back to our earliest immigration battles of the 1840s and 1850s.” WarStatesCultureAsksUnitedUnited StatesGroupsIdentityBattleAuthorityImmigrationCitizenshipTranscendentResidenceNational IdentityQueriesNew CulturesOld Culture Author:E. J. Dionne
“The effort to improve the conditions of man, however, is not a task for the few. It is the task of all nations-acting alone, acting in groups, acting in the United Nations, for plague and pestilence, plunder and pollution, the hazards of nature and the hunger of children are the foes of every nation. The earth, the sea and the air are the concern of every nation. And science, technology and education can be the ally of every nation.” MenChildrenEarthNationsUnitedEffortActingTechnologyGroupsAirSeaConditionsConcernTasksEnvironmentalHungerAlliesPollutionUnited NationsFoePlagueHazardsPlunderPestilenceScience TechnologyTechnology And Education Author:John F. Kennedy
“The UN should arrange, as US forces leave, for an international group of peacekeepers and negotiators from the Arab countries to bring together Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, and work out a solution for self-governance that would give all three groups a share in political power. Simultaneously, the UN should arrange for shipments of food and medicine, from the United States and other countries, as well as engineers to help rebuild the country.” GivingShouldWellsSelfCountryStatesHelpingTogetherPoliticalThreeForceUnitedUnited StatesGroupsShareSolutionsMedicineInternationalWork OutEngineersOther CountriesGovernancePolitical PowerKurdsPeacekeepers Author:Howard Zinn
“Today, only two groups in the United States have total immunity from lawsuits: foreign diplomats and HMOs. We believe it's time to end diplomatic immunity for HMOs. Holding them accountable is the only way to guarantee that you get the health care your family deserves.” WayBelieveTwoEndsStatesCareTodayUnitedUnited StatesGroupsDeserveHealth CareOur FamilyGuaranteesDiplomaticGuarantees ThatDiplomatsImmunityLawsuit Author:Tom Harkin
“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
“Being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind... I'm total, total, total liberal and proud of it. And I think it's outrageous to say "The L word". I mean, excuse me. They should be damn lucky that they were liberals here. Liberals gave more to the population of the United States than any other group.” ThinkingShouldMindMeanStatesEarthUnitedUnited StatesGroupsProudLuckyPopulationExcuseWelcomeBest ThingsDamnBe YouOutrageousExcuse MeSmall Minds Author:Lauren Bacall
“On the surface the avant garde as a whole seems united primarily in terms of what they are against: the rejection of social institutions and established artistic conventions, or antagonism towards the public (as representative of the existing order). By contrast any positive programme tends to be claimed as exclusive property by isolated and even mutually antagonistic sub-groups. So modern art appears fragmented and sectarian, defined as much by manifestos as imaginative work.” ArtWholeSeemsOrderSocialTermUnitedGroupsModernInstitutionsPropertySurfaceDefinedArtisticRejectionConventionsContrastIsolatedRepresentativesImaginativeExclusiveProgrammesAvant GardeModern ArtFragmentedAntagonismManifestosSocial Institutions Author:C. D. Innes
“The list of American grievances is long: Pakistan developed nuclear weapons while promising the United States that it would not; the United States helped arm and train Mujahideen against the Soviets during the 1980s, but Pakistan chose to keep these militants well armed and sufficiently funded even after the Soviet withdrawal in 1989; and, from the American perspective, Pakistan's crackdown on terrorist groups, particularly after 9/11, has been halfhearted at best.” WellsLongHas BeensStatesUnitedUnited StatesGroupsPerspectiveArmsWeaponsTrainListsNuclearTerroristSovietNuclear WeaponsPakistanGrievanceWithdrawalTerrorist GroupsMujahideen Author:Husain Haqqani
“Every new movement or group of people who seek to explore awareness is considered a cult. The United States was founded by several cults. They felt that Protestantism had become much too lax, so they came to America and set up a hard line religious cult.” PeopleHardStatesAmericaFeltReligiousLinesUnitedUnited StatesGroupsAwarenessMovementBuddhismCultRamaProtestantismLaxReligious Cults Author:Frederick Lenz
“Well, you know, they were - they were a terrorist group. They - when I was kidnapped they published all of their statements about their war that they declared on the United States.” KnowsWellsWarStatesUnitedUnited StatesGroupsTerroristStatementsKidnappedTerrorist Groups Author:Patty Hearst
“But the United States is neither a Christian nation nor the exclusive home of any particular religious group. Non-Christians are not guests. We are as much hosts as any Mayflower-descendant Protestant. It is our home as well as theirs. And in a home with so many owners, there can be no official sectarian prayer. That is what the First Amendment is all about, and the first act by the new administration was in defiance of our Constitution.” FirstsWellsStatesHomeChristianNationsReligiousPrayerUnitedUnited StatesGroupsAtheismParticularConstitutionPositive AtheismAdministrationOfficialsOwnersHostGuestsAmendmentsExclusiveFirst AmendmentDefianceProtestantsDescendantsChristian NationMayflower Author:Alan Dershowitz
“It seems to me that obliviousness about white advantage, like obliviousness about male advantage, is kept strongly inculturated in the United States so as to maintain the myth of meritocracy, the myth that democratic choice is equally available to all. Keeping most people unaware that freedom of confident action is there for just a small number of people props up those in power and serves to keep power in the hands of the same groups that have most of it already.” PeopleStatesHandsSeemsActionChoicesWhiteUnitedNumbersUnited StatesGroupsRacismAdvantageDemocraticMalesAvailableMythPropsWhite PrivilegeSmall NumbersMeritocracy Author:Peggy McIntosh
“Among Negroes of my generation there was not only little direct acquaintance or consciously inherited knowledge of Africa, but much distaste and recoil because of what the white world taught them about the Dark Continent. There arose resentment that a group like ours, born and bred in the United States for centuries, should be regarded as Africans at all. They were, as most of them began gradually to assert, Americans. My father's father was particularly bitter about this. He would not accept an invitation to a 'Negro' picnic. He would not segregate himself in any way.” WorldWayShouldLittlesStatesFatherBornDarkWhiteUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesGenerationsGroupsCenturyTaughtDirectBitterResentmentContinentsAcquaintanceInvitationsMy GenerationPicnicsDistasteRecoil Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“Finding Mecca in America weaves social theory and concrete ethnography into a significant contribution on Muslims in the United States, illuminating broader questions about the integration of minority and immigrant groups along the way. This is an important work and a joy to read.” WayImportantStatesAmericaJoySocialUnitedUnited StatesGroupsTheoryFindingsSignificantContributionMinoritiesImmigrantsConcreteIntegrationIlluminatingMeccaImportant WorkSocial TheoryEthnography Author:Eboo Patel
“The United States has faced threats from criminal groups, from terrorists, from spies throughout our history, and we have limited our responses. We haven't resorted to total war every time we have a conflict around the world, because that restraint is what defines us. That restraint is what gives us the moral standing to lead the world.” WorldGivingWarStatesUnitedMoralUnited StatesGroupsHavensConflictStandingThreatResponseCriminalsTerroristAround The WorldRestraintSpyTotal War Author:Edward Snowden
“Nothing highlights better the continuing gap between rhetoric and substance in British financial services than the failure of providers here to emulate Jack Bogle's index fund success in the United States. Every professional in the City knows that index funds should be core building blocks in any long-term investor's portfolio. Since 1976, the Vanguard index funds has produced a compound annual return of 12 percent, better than three-quarters of its peer group.” KnowsShouldLongStatesThreeTermUnitedCitiesUnited StatesGroupsBuildingReturnPercentInvestingFinancialBritishCoreBlockSubstanceLong TermFundGapsInvestorsQuartersContinuingRhetoricPeersCompoundsAnnualsHighlightsEmulateProvidersPortfoliosBuilding BlocksVanguardIndex FundsFinancial ServicesPeer Group Author:Jonathan Davis
“No matter how long it takes, the United States will find and bring to justice the terrorists who are responsible for Kayla's captivity and death, ISIL is a hateful and abhorrent terrorist group whose actions stand in stark contrast to the spirit of people like Kayla.” PeopleLongMatterStatesActionSpiritJusticeUnitedUnited StatesGroupsResponsibleTerroristContrastHatefulStarksCaptivityIsilAbhorrentTerrorist GroupsKayla Author:Barack Obama
“Remember back then we thought about al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan and a few other places? well, we've seen al Qaeda metastasize. It is now a global scourge. And you have the ascendancy of ISIL. The combination of those two groups -- their appeal to the lone wolfs and we see them acting in Belgium and in France and in Canada and the United States so the threat factors and the nature of the threats are far more complicated and far more serious today than on September 12, 2001.” WellsTwoStatesTodayRememberNatureUnitedActingUnited StatesGroupsSeriousThreatComplicatedFactorsFranceAppealsCombinationCanadaAlsAfghanistanSeptemberPakistanAl QaedaLoneBelgiumScourgeIsilLone WolfAscendancyCanada And The United States Author:Tom Ridge
“To date, nearly 100,000 Hispanics have died with AIDS. Since Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the United States, our challenge is even greater.” StatesChallengesUnitedUnited StatesGreaterGrowingGroupsDiedAidsMinoritiesHivMinority Groups Author:Solomon Ortiz
“The U.S. was founded by a group of political leaders who signed a document which says, "We are endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights." That means that all of your political rights come from God and you then loan some of your power to the State which is why the Constitution begins, "We, the People of the United States.” PeopleMeanStatesPoliticalCertainUnitedLeaderUnited StatesRightsGroupsConstitutionCreatorDocumentsLoanPolitical LeadersInalienable RightsPolitical Rights Author:Newt Gingrich
“Though representatives of many ethnic groups came together in the United States, English became their common language. Apparently, this was a natural choice. One can imagine what would have happened if members of each nation moving to the U.S. had spoken only their own tongues and refused to learn English.” IfsStatesTogetherMovingChoicesLanguageNationsNaturalUnitedCommonUnited StatesImagineHappenedGroupsMembersTongueRepresentativesEthnic GroupsCommon Language Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“Believing that war is contrary to the will of God and to common sense, and feeling that the way of peace is the way of love, I shall work for peace by using the way of love myself, by helping any group I am part of to use it, by helping the nation of which I am a citizen to use it, by helping the United Nations to use it, and by praying that the way of love be used all over the world.” WorldWayBelieveWarHelpingUseFeelingsUsedNationsLove IsUnitedCommonGroupsPrayingCitizensContraryGods WillCommon SenseUnited NationsLove MyselfWay Of Love Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words