United States Of America Quotes - Page 12

• Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Country, Usa, Littles

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.7, University of Georgia Press

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• Very little is known about the War of 1812 because the Americans lost it.

  Eric Nicol

  War, America, Usa

  Eric Nicol, Alan Walker (1972). “Still a Nicol: the best of Eric Nicol”

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• Watching the scenes out of New Orleans, if you turn down the sound it could be the Sudan or any Third World country. But it's not. it's the United States of America.

  Al Roker

  Country, New Orleans, America

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• Here we write well when we expose frauds and hypocrites. We are great at counting warts and blemishes and weighting feet of clay. In expressing love, we belong among the underdeveloped countries.

  Saul Bellow

  Country, Writing, Hypocrite

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• The fact is that Americans are not a thoughtful people; they are too busy to stop and question their values.

  William Inge

  Thoughtful, Usa, America

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• I stand here today as hopeful as ever that the United States of America will endure, that it will prevail, that the dream of our founders will live on in our time.

  Barack Obama

  Dream, Hope, America

  Pre-Inauguration Address at the Lincoln Memorial, delivered 18 January 2009, Washington, D.C.

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• It is great fun dying in the United States of America. It is great fun first of all for the undertakers who make a wonderful living out of it but also for the deceased who suddenly becomes the centre of attention and fuss.

  George Mikes

  Funny, Humorous, America

  George Mikes (1959). “How to scrape skies: the United States explored, rediscovered and explained”

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• I knew I was the second-best tennis player in the state of Florida and No. 8 in the United States of America when I was 12 years old and I couldn't tell you what I was in baseball, but I liked my chances in tennis of getting a scholarship to college.

  Jim Courier

  Baseball, Player, College

  "Interview With Davis Cup's American Coach Jim Courier". Tennis Now Interview, bleacherreport.com. November 30, 2010.

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• I really truly worry that the debt is one of the single biggest threat to the United States of America, that we're talking about a problem that is multi-trillion in its depth and I think we ought to be cutting more.

  Jason Chaffetz

  Cutting, Thinking, Talking

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• In ten years I will become president of the United States Of America.

  Tom DeLonge

  Years, Kansas City, America

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We're talking about the lawyers for the United States of America. And I think it's very, very important that the lawyers be comfortable being very candid and open about their views on very sensitive issues affecting the United States.

  Alberto Gonzales

  Thinking, Views, Talking

  "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. July 26, 2005.

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• President Roosevelt's leadership put the world on notice that the United States of America - with the freest, most dynamic economy the world had ever seen - was open for business.

  John Hoeven

  America, President, United States

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• The United States of America became the envy of the world because we welcomed the best and brightest minds from anywhere on the planet and gave them the opportunity to succeed.

  Naveen Jain

  Opportunity, America, Envy

  FaceBook post by Naveen Jain from Aug 23, 2016

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• The pilgrims were kicked out of England, quarreled with the Dutch, alienated the Indians, and had an evil reputation among the turkeys.

  Dave Beard

  Turkeys, Usa, Evil

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• Despite the goings-on in Congress, I don't believe the USA is bordering on madness. I believe Mexico and Canada are.

  Robert Breault

  Believe, Usa, Mexico

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• I love America. It's Americans I can't stand.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Usa, America, I Can

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• Yes, this is hard. But there should be no question that the United States of America is stepping up to the plate. We recognize our role in creating this problem; we embrace our responsibility to combat it. We will do our part, and we will help developing nations do theirs. But we can only succeed in combating climate change if we are joined in this effort by every nation - developed and developing alike. Nobody gets a pass.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Creating, America

  "Obama urges climate action" by Elana Schor, www.politico.com. September 23, 2014.

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• By heritage and by choice, the United States of America will make that stand.

  George W. Bush

  America, Choices, United States

  Speech to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 12 September 2002, New York, NY

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• The entire exhibitions industry in the United States of America has filed for bankruptcy.

  Jeffrey Katzenberg

  America, United States, Exhibitions

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• Everything that I will ever accomplish, I owe to God, to my parent's sacrifices, and to the United States of America.

  Marco Rubio

  Sacrifice, America, Parent

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• Barack Obama was not born into wealth or privilege, yet today his is president of these United States of America. Barack Obama has lived the American Dream. He has walked in our shoes.

  Ken Salazar

  Dream, America, Shoes

  "Coloradans At DNC: Jared Polis, Ken Salazar, Ryan Case And Maria Ciano Speak During Opening Night". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 05, 2012.

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• Take a stand against intolerance and for our American values. Say it with pride: I support democracy in America. I support working people in America. I support opportunity in America. And I support Barack Obama for another four years as president of the United States of America!

  Richard Trumka

  Pride, Opportunity, Years

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• The best thing I have are 5 percent bonds from 1780, denominated from $1 to $20. As far as I can tell, they are obligations from the United States of America, so I should be able to walk down to the Federal Reserve and redeem the uncanceled ones. With 217 years of accrued interest, for a $20 bond, that's about $800,000.

  Andrew Tobias

  Years, America, United States

  "'I Have to Take a Call from My Russian Broker': Andrew Tobias Talks About His 'Vast Fortune'". Interview with Deborah Stead, www.nytimes.com. November 2, 1997.

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• Bottom line is President Obama has said that it is a top priority of the United States of America to ensure that Iran never achieves a nuclear.

  Mitt Romney

  America, Iran, Priorities

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• Nashville may be famed for its country music, but this may well be the capital of rock and roll music in the United States of America.

  Paul Stanley

  Country, Rocks, Nashville

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