“The situation in the United States is becoming more dire for average ordinary Americans, and the last thing we need to do is to spend money on death, destruction and war.” NeedsWarStatesLastsUnitedSituationUnited StatesBecomingOrdinaryDestructionAverageBecoming More Author:Cynthia McKinney
“With ordinary men the moments which are united in a close continuity out of the original discrete multiplicity are very few, and the course of their lives resembles a little brook, whereas with the genius it is more like a mighty river into which all the little rivulets flow from afar; that is to say, the universal comprehension of genius vibrates to no experience in which all the individual moments have not been gathered up and stored.” MenLittlesMomentsCoursesIndividualUnitedGeniusOrdinaryFlowRiversUniversalOriginalsContinuityComprehensionBrooksMultiplicityAfarOrdinary ManVibrateDiscrete Book:Sex & Character Source: Sex & Character
“They [people of Afghanistan] didn't want Al-Qaeda in their country. They didn't appreciate the Taliban taking control. But they really have an incredible amount of dignity. And by that, they are grateful for America's help in ridding them of the Taliban. The average, ordinary person is glad that their daughter can go to school now. There's no public executions, no banning of soccer games. The difference is, they're appreciative, but they don't want any prolonged military presence of the United States there.” PeopleWantPersonsCountryStatesHelpingSchoolAmericaGamesDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryAmountOrdinaryDaughterAppreciateDignityGratefulIncrediblesAverageGladSoccerAlsAfghanistanExecutionAl QaedaTalibanAppreciativeOrdinary PersonSoccer GameMilitary Presence Author:Immortal Technique
“Our efforts will only be effective if ordinary citizens in other countries have confidence that the United States respects their privacy too. And the leaders of our close friends and allies deserve to know that if I want to learn what they think about an issue, I will pick up the phone and call them, rather than turning to surveillance.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantCountryStatesUnitedEffortLeaderUnited StatesIssuesCitizensOrdinaryPicksDeservePhonesPrivacyAlliesOther CountriesSurveillanceHave ConfidenceNsaClose FriendsOrdinary Citizens Author:Barack Obama
“The fact is every single day in the ordinary American people, America's families have to make decisions about their families and that should be made by them, not by the Texas or United States.” PeopleShouldMadeStatesFactsAmericaDecisionUnitedUnited StatesOrdinaryTexas Author:Barack Obama
“The culture of the United States has flooded the world. It's the inevitable result of a powerful culture, art. We've got an instinctive touch when it comes to the popular mind because we've had no aristocracy. It is a democratic country. And we know without knowing it, without bothering to understand it, how to reach ordinary people, sometimes with the most vulgar, worthless junk on the face of the earth, but we know how to do it [laughter].” PeopleKnowsWorldMindArtCountrySometimesStatesEarthFacesCultureUnitedResultsPowerfulUnited StatesKnow HowKnowingLaughterOrdinaryDemocraticInevitableBotherWorthlessVulgarOrdinary PeopleJunkAristocracyDemocratic Country Author:Arthur Miller
“So closely interwoven have been our lives, our purposes, and experiences that, separated, we have a feeling of incompleteness--united, such strength of self-association that no ordinary obstacles, difficulties, or dangers ever appear to us insurmountable.” Has BeensSelfFeelingsPurposeFriendshipUnitedOur LivesDangerFriendsOrdinaryDifficultyObstaclesAssociationInsurmountableIncompleteness Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“I think it's important that members of the United States Senate spend time not just on Capitol Hill but making contact with ordinary people and engaging them in the political process.” PeopleThinkingImportantStatesPoliticalProcessUnitedUnited StatesMembersOrdinaryContactHillsSenateEnd TimesEngagingOrdinary PeopleSpend TimeCapitolCapitol Hill Author:Bernie Sanders
“Warhol came from an ordinary family and he had a profound understanding about capitalism and material culture. He was probably one of the few Western artists - or artists from the United States - that could be considered a true product of his time and brought out that kind of spirit of the culture.” KindStatesSpiritArtistCultureUnderstandingUnitedUnited StatesMaterialsProductsOrdinaryCapitalismProfoundWesternWarhol Author:Ai Weiwei
“Big money buys access in Washington, and access purchases influence. It is as simple as that. And they have basically given a green light, a further green light, after Citizens United, to the biggest money to have the bigger voice in our politics, and to sound out and drown out the voice of just ordinary citizens.” BigsLightGivenSoundVoiceSimpleUnitedInfluenceCitizensOrdinaryBiggerGreenAccessOrdinary CitizensGreen LightsCitizens United Author:Mark Shields
“Nature is located mainly in national parks, which are vast tracts of wilderness that have been set aside by the United States government so citizens will always have someplace to go where they can be attacked by bears. And we're not talking about ordinary civilian bears, either: We're talking about federal bears, which can behave however they want to because they are protected by the same union as postal clerks.” WantHas BeensStatesGovernmentUnitedTalkingUnited StatesBearsCitizensOrdinaryUnionsBehaveParksWildernessProtectedCiviliansNot TalkingState GovernmentClerksNational ParksUnited States Government Book:Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need Source: Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need