United States Quotes - Page 23

• I think the United States is way behind the times.

  Christopher Atkins

  Thinking, Way, Behinds

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Canada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world. Canada, with those relations of friendly, affectionate intimacy with the United States on the one hand and with her unswerving fidelity to the British Commonwealth and the Motherland on the other, is the link which joins together these great branches of the human family, a link which, spanning the oceans, brings the continents into their true relation and will prevent in future generations any growth of division between the proud and the happy nations of Europe and the great countries which have come into existence in the New World.

  Winston Churchill

  Country, Ocean, Hands

  Winston Churchill (1952). “War Speeches: From June 25, 1941 to September 6, 1943”

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• These two great organisations of the English-speaking democracies, the British Empire and the United States, will have to be somewhat mixed up together in some affairs for mutual and general advantage. I do not view the process with any misgivings. I could not stop it if I wished. Let it roll on full flood, inexorable, irresistible, benignant, to broader lands, and better days.

  Winston Churchill

  Views, Land, Two

  Churchill's "The Few" Speech, www.foxnews.com. August 20, 1940.

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• Ali Woodson was one of the few Iconic Soul-Singers left from the Motown Era that could STILL sell out a crowd, light up a party, & make the women scream! Ali & I have loved, fought, flew & cruised these United States together. His raspy but golden tones will be missed but his music, acting & friendship will last in my heart 4-ever.

  Luenell

  Party, Heart, Light

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• I regret if my actions hurt anyone or harmed the United States. It was never my intent to hurt anyone. When I chose to disclose classified information, I did so out of a love for my country and a sense of duty to others.

  Chelsea Manning

  Country, Hurt, Regret

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• The Republican Party is saying that the president of the United States has bosses, that the union bosses this president around - the unions boss him around. Does that sound to you like they are consciously or subconsciously deliver the racist message that, of course - of course, a black man can't be the real boss?

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Real, Stupid, Party

  "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell, www.nbcnews.com. February 28, 2011.

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• Electricity generation emits more carbon dioxide in the United States than does transportation or industry, and nuclear power is the largest source of carbon-free electricity in the country.

  Ernest Moniz

  Country, Doe, Generations

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• I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.

  Nat Hentoff

  Firsts, First Amendment, Amendments

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• Energy and fuel prices continue to rise, triggering fuel consumption concerns in the United States.

  Dieter Zetsche

  Fuel Prices, Energy, Concern

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• I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way.

  Peter Pace

  Believe, Way, Wells

  "The Crime of Conviction" by Chuck Colson, www.christianpost.com. March 18, 2007.

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• There is no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say: 'Victory was achieved by the United States of America for the good of the world.'

  George W. Bush

  America, Doubt, Mind

  "Bush Meets With Petraeus" by Michael Abramowitz, www.washingtonpost.com. January 13, 2008.

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• And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation in every region now has a decision to make: Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime.

  George W. Bush

  Safe Haven, Support, Decision

  Address to Joint Session of Congress Following 9/11 Attacks, delivered 20 September 2001

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• Today at Pearl Harbor, veterans are gathering to pay tribute to the young men they remember who never escaped the sunken ships. And over the years, some Pearl Harbor veterans have made a last request. They ask that their ashes be brought down and placed inside the USS Arizona. After the long lives given them, they wanted to rest besides the best men they ever knew. Such loyalty and love remain the greatest strength of the United States Navy.

  George W. Bush

  Loyalty, Men, Years

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• This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table

  George W. Bush

  Iran, Tables, Ridiculous

  Meeting with E.U. Leaders in Brussels, Belgium, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. February 22, 2005.

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• So it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.

  George W. Bush

  Our World, Goal, Support

  Second Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 2005

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• I think all of us have a sense if we imagine the kind of world we would face if the people who bombed the mess hall in Mosul, or the people who did the bombing in Spain, or the people who attacked the United States in New York, shot down the plane over Pennsylvania and attacked the Pentagon, the people who cut off peoples' heads on television to intimidate, to frighten indeed the word 'terrorized' is just that. Its purpose is to terrorize, to alter behavior, to make people be something other than that which they want to be.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  New York, Cutting, Thinking

  "Surprise Trip for Donald Rumsfeld; Interview With Brigadier General James Marks; Christian in Iraq". "News from CNN", www.cnn.com. December 24, 2004.

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• I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution.

  Tom DeLay

  Jobs, Government, Constitution Of The United States

  "Talk Back Live" on CNN, December 19, 1995.

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• I'm not so sure the role of the United States is going around the world saying this is the way its gotta be.

  George W. Bush

  World, Way, Roles

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• Iraq is a very important part of securing the homeland, and its a very important part of helping change the Middle East into a part of the world that will not serve as a threat to the civilized world, to people like - or to the developed world, to people like - in the United States.

  George W. Bush

  Iraq, People, Important

  "President Bush Delivers Remarks on Iraq and Answers Questions From the Media". Remarks & Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. April 3, 2007.

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• When the president of the United States flicks the switch to light up the Christmas tree on the White House lawn, that house ceases to be an American symbol; it becomes a Christian symbol.

  Letty Cottin Pogrebin

  Christian, Light, White

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• The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.

  Arthur L. Williams, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Who would you vote most likely to succeed? Bob Arum - White, Jewish, a graduate of Harvard, a Kennady Raider, United States Attorney. Don King - black, poor, out of the hard core getto of Cleveland, Ohio, numbers runner, a little confectionary dealer, ex-convict. Now who would you vote to succeed? It would be hands down........ Yet in this great land called America, I have out performed, outachieved, been more recognizable, did more, broke more records, and had more of a phenominal career, where Arum can't tie my shoe string. You understand?

  Don King

  Kings, Careers, Shoes

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• I would say that there is no future for literary studies as such in the United States.

  Harold Bloom

  Study, States, United

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• I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States. I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud. I'm not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although I am a woman, and I'm equally proud of that. I am not the candidate of any political bosses or fat cats or special interests... I am the candidate of the people...

  Shirley Chisholm

  Country, America, People

  "African-American and Female in One Candidate". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 24, 2008.

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• A declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United STates was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen of Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, a delegate from the state of Virginia

  Mercy Otis Warren

  Virginia, America, Independence

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