“Sloanes aren't cafe society or NYLON hedge-funders with million-pound bonuses, or London Eurotrash wearing upgraded style anglais. Ann Barr's and my original picture of them in 'The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook,' published in 1982, was of an upper-middle-class world, conservative and fairly homogeneous, united by old attitudes and institutions.” WorldUnitedAttitudeClassMillionsMiddleStyleOriginalsInstitutionsConservativeLondonOfficialsMiddle ClassPoundsBonusRangersCafesHomogeneousUpper Middle ClassNylon Author:Peter York
“Here’s a secret intel bulletin for all y’all who’ve never left Yoknapatawpha County and imagine the United States is constantly on the precipice of enemy invasion—the only way this country is ever going to surrender its liberty to a foreign power is if it keeps electing corrupt officials who auction it away to multinational corporations and overseas government interests in exactly the fashion that southern star chambers have been doing to their own people throughout their entire dyspeptic history.” PeopleIfsWayHas BeensCountryStatesGovernmentLeftStarsInterestUnitedSecretLibertyEnemyUnited StatesImagineFashionSurrenderCorporationsOfficialsSouthernChamberInvasionCountyPrecipiceMultinationalsAuctionsMultinational Corporations Book:Better Off Without 'Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession Source: Better Off Without 'Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession
“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
“The United States is not a Christian nation. It is a great nation with Christians, among others, in it. But our greatness is based on the fact that there is no official religion.” StatesFactsChristianNationsUnitedUnited StatesAtheismGreatnessPositive AtheismOfficialsGreat NationsChristian Nation Author:Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
“An official statement from Liverpool raised the spectre of a future where 'a club's rival can bring about a significant ban for a top player without anything beyond an accusation'. But on hearing this, many Manchester United fans would have been asking for a definition of the word 'rival'.” Has BeensUnitedPlayerFansAskingRaisedDefinitionsClubsHearingSignificantStatementsOfficialsRivalsBansManchesterLiverpoolAccusationManchester UnitedSpectre Author:Nick Hornby
“The United Nations emerged as a temple of official good intentions, a place where governments might - without abating their transgressions - go to church; a place made remote - by agreed untruth and procedural complexity, and by tedium itself - from the risk of intense public involvement.” MadeGovernmentMightNationsChurchUnitedRiskIntentionIntenseComplexityOfficialsTemplesUnited NationsInvolvementGood IntentionsUntruthTransgressionTedium Author:Shirley Hazzard
“I condemn all statements - made in sincerity or jest - that threaten or suggest the use of violence against the president of the United States or any other public official. Such rhetoric cannot and will not be tolerated.” MadeStatesUsePresidentUnitedUnited StatesViolenceStatementsOfficialsSincerityRhetoricJestPublic Officials Author:Paul Broun
“The American experiment is not a theocracy and does not establish an official religion, but the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States are rooted in a Christian perspective of the nature of government and the nature of man. The challenge of the next millennium will be to preserve the American experiment by restoring its Christian perspective.” MenDoeStatesGovernmentChristianNextChallengesUnitedUnited StatesPerspectiveConstitutionIndependenceScaryExperimentsPreservesOfficialsRootedDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceMillenniumRestoringNature Of ManConstitution Of The United StatesTheocracy Author:William H. Pryor, Jr.
“I've long believed that having multiple official languages makes it very hard to sustain a united polity.” LongHardLanguageUnitedOfficialsMultiple Author:Kevin Drum
“I, George Bush, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the decade beginning January 1, 1990, as the Decade of the Brain.” PeopleStatesAmericaPresidentUnitedBrainUnited StatesActivityProgramDecadesOfficialsAppropriateUnited States Of AmericaCeremonyJanuaryPublic OfficialsJanuary 1 Author:George H. W. Bush
“There are areas of official life in the United States that are similar to Russia. For example: disbursement of protest, and the way American prisons are run, which is pretty tough.” WayStatesRunningUnitedUnited StatesExampleToughAreasPrisonRussiaOfficialsProtest Author:Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
“With all the divisive forces tearing at our country, we need the glue of language to help hold us together. If we want to ensure that all our children have the same opportunities in life, alternative language education should stop and English should be acknowledged once and for all as the official language of the United States.” IfsWantNeedsShouldChildrenCountryStatesHelpingTogetherOpportunityLanguageForceUnitedUnited StatesOur ChildrenOur CountryAlternativesOfficialsGlue Author:Bob Dole