“The United States, which has been called the home of the persecuted and the dispossessed, has been since its founding an asylum for emotional orphans. For over three hundred years, refugees from political oppression, religious persecution, famine, poverty, and a rigid class system which limited educational and economic opportunities have been leaving their native villages and cities and coming to the United States in search of freedom and a better life.” YearsHas BeensStatesHomePoliticalThreeOpportunityReligiousUnitedCitiesClassPovertyUnited StatesEconomicEmotionalHundredLeavingEducationalOppressionNativeVillagePersecutionFoundingRefugeeBetter LifeFamineOrphanAsylumsPersecutedClass SystemReligious PersecutionPolitical Oppression Author:Eileen Simpson
“If the United States is promoting the development of exploits, of vulnerabilities, of insecurity in this critical infrastructure, and we're not fixing it when we find it, instead we put it on the shelf so we can use it the next time we want to launch an attack against some foreign country. We're leaving ourselves at risk.” IfsWantCountryStatesUseNextUnitedUnited StatesRiskDevelopmentLeavingCriticalVulnerabilityInsecurityNext TimeShelvesInfrastructurePromotingExploitsFixingForeign Countries Author:Edward Snowden
“Why should Iran have a deterrent strategy? Well, it's surrounded by hostile enemies. Both of its borders have been under occupation by a hostile superpower, the United States, which is constantly violating the U.N. charter by leaving open what they call the saying, 'all options are open' - meaning the threat of war.” ShouldWellsHas BeensWarStatesUnitedEnemyUnited StatesStrategyThreatLeavingBordersIranOccupationHostileSuperpowerCharterDeterrent Author:Noam Chomsky
“New Orleans makes it possible to go to Europe without ever leaving the United States.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesEuropeLeavingNew Orleans Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Not wasting any water bottles is good. Not leaving the lights on is good. Turning the thermostat down in the winter, up in the summer, is good. But the best thing any of us in the developed world, especially in the United States, can be doing is talking about it.” WorldStatesLightWaterUnitedTalkingUnited StatesSummerLeavingWinterBest ThingsBottlesWater Bottles Author:Bill Nye