“There are many countries where you can only believe more or you can believe less. But in the United States we have this incredible smorgasbord, and it really interests me why people are drawn to one faith rather than another, especially to a system of belief that to an outsider seems absurd or dangerous.” PeopleBelieveCountryStatesSeemsBeliefInterestUnitedUnited StatesDangerousIncrediblesAbsurdOutsiders Author:Lawrence Wright
“When I was young, no one wanted to be one; now even the President of the United States would call himself an outsider. So now I'm for insiders.” StatesWantedYoungPresidentUnitedUnited StatesOutsidersInsiders Author:John Waters
“It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout most of our political history, the intellectual has been for the most part either an outsider, a servant or a scapegoat.” ShouldHas BeensStatesPoliticalPoliticsUnitedUnited StatesIntellectualShould HaveServantIronicOutsidersShould Have BeenScapegoatPolitical History Author:Richard Hofstadter
“Interpretations of Muslim assimilation have gravitated between two arguments: that Muslims will remain as permanent outsiders or that Muslims will blend in with little difficulty at all. Mucahit Bilici demonstrates how wanting these arguments are. Finding Mecca in America takes us into the uncharted territory of what it is actually like to be Muslim immigrants in the United States. I am especially impressed by the study's theoretical depth and empirical insights.” LittlesTwoStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesStudyFindingsArgumentDifficultyDepthInsightPermanentImmigrantsInterpretationTerritoryOutsidersImpressedTheoreticalAssimilationMeccaUnchartedUncharted Territory Author:Robert Wuthnow
“Surely the United States Senate is big enough to take self-criticism and self-appraisal. Surely we should be able to take the same kind of character attacks that we "dish out" to outsiders.” ShouldKindSelfStatesEnoughCharacterBigsAbleUnitedUnited StatesCriticismSenateOutsidersDishesSelf CriticismAppraisal Author:Margaret Chase Smith