United Quotes - Page 31

• Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment... Congress made this position clear upon passage of the Flag Protection Act of 1989, which prohibited desecration of the flag.

  Larry Craig

  Cutting, Law, Freedom Of Speech

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• Since January 2002, when the United States began detaining at Guantanamo Bay enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other fronts in the war on terror, critics have complained of human rights abuses.

  Linda Chavez

  War, Iraq, Rights

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• We are at war to liberate Iraq, to protect the people of the United States and other countries from the devastating impact of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction being used by terrorists or the Iraqi government to kill thousands of innocent civilians.

  Paul Cellucci

  Country, War, Impact

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• Yet there is disappointment in Washington and in the United States that Canada is not supporting us fully.

  Paul Cellucci

  Disappointment, United States, Canada

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• It's true: one of the things that I've always thought about American society is that you never get the sort of natural politicisation of class consciousness that you would get in the United Kingdom or even in Australia.

  Peter Carey

  Class, Australia, Kingdoms

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• We are going to have to discuss with and seek the opinions of other countries. We don't wish to offend anyone, least of all a country we hold in such deep regard as the United Kingdom.

  Rafael Correa

  Country, Wish, Kingdoms

  "Julian Assange asylum application may take time, says Ecuador president" by Esther Addley, www.theguardian.com. June 22, 2012.

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• We have pledged ourselves, and of this the United Nations of the world are witness, to give the fullest opportunity for attainment of self-government by India as soon as hostilities are over. I repeat that that is beyond doubt.

  Stafford Cripps

  Opportunity, Government, Self

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• I have never said that people “should” engage in armed attacks on the United States, but that such attacks are a natural and unavoidable consequence of unlawful U.S. policy.

  Ward Churchill

  People, United States, Natural

  Ward Churchill's Statment, www.denverpost.com. June 8, 2005.

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• The United States has never been afraid of a challenge. In times of crisis, it is American innovation and ingenuity that has forged the path to progress and prosperity.

  Diana DeGette

  Challenges, Innovation, Progress

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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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• I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work.

  Hope Davis

  Cities, United States, Different

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work. It's such a strange and fascinating country, and instead of learning about it through a textbook, I would rather discover its history and traditions and institutions through fiction and nonfiction writers.

  Hope Davis

  Country, Cities, United States

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Take air quality in the United States today: It's about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there are now more people driving more cars.

  Jared Diamond

  Air, Years, People

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• The only way the Internet will continue to remain the thriving medium it has become today is to keep it under the control of the United States.

  John Doolittle

  United States, Today, Way

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• The Center for Immigration Studies found that illegal immigrants cost the United States taxpayer about $10.4 billion a year. A large part of that expense stems from the babies born each year to illegal immigrants.

  Nathan Deal

  Baby, Years, Immigration

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• The Smithsonian Institute is one of the most popular agencies of government in the United States.

  Norm Dicks

  Agency, Government, United States

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• I think Canada has stayed true to its news roots better than the United States has, in many ways. So I think Al Jazeera America is going to look a lot like the news that Canadians are used to: longer stories, more investigation, deeper analysis, less partisan.

  Ali Velshi

  Thinking, America, Roots

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• When Marxist dictators shoot their way into power in Central America, the Democrats don't blame the guerrillas and their Soviet allies, they blame United States' policies of one hundred years ago, but then they always blame America first.

  Jeane Kirkpatrick

  War, Years, America

  "Kirkpatrick Hit Liberals for Blaming America First". www.washingtontimes.com. May 15, 2006.

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• Now let me say that Matt Busby was a great manager and Manchester United wouldn't be where they are without him. He was a god at the club, but he wasn't a god to me. Football is like that sometimes.

  Johnny Giles

  Football, Clubs, Sometimes

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• I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.

  Melinda Gates

  United States, Lucky, Born

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Government funding that's coming from the United States is making a huge difference on the ground in the developing world. It's really palpable - it's making a huge difference saving lives.

  Melinda Gates

  Government, Differences, United States

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If you're a Kennedy and you go to Italy or you go to Argentina, you're treated as royalty. And in the United States, we're endlessly fascinated by the family.

  Douglas Brinkley

  United States, Argentina, Royalty

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• My son lives in Nicaragua. My daughters live in the United States.

  Gioconda Belli

  Daughter, Son, Nicaragua

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• The idea of being a novelist is really romantic, but it's kind of the same as being president of the United States - it's not gonna happen.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Ideas, President, Novelists

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• Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.

  Bobby Fischer

  Men, White Man, People

  "Bobby Fischer's Pathetic Endgame" by Rene Chun, www.theatlantic.com. December 2002.

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