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• After college, I wanted to learned about myself as an American, so I left the United States and went to Japan.

  Bruce Feiler

  College, Japan, United States

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• It devolves upon the United States to help motorize the world.

  Walter Chrysler

  Science, America, United States

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• America is not divided, our enemies they will be stopped. Cause we the people are united, and still one nation under God.

  Randy Travis

  America, People, Enemy

  Song: America Will Always Stand

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• We've got a tax code that is encouraging flight of jobs and outsourcing. And that's why we've specifically recommended in this campaign that Congress change our tax code so that we stop giving tax breaks to companies that are moving to Mexico and China and other places, and start putting those tax breaks into companies that are investing here in the United States.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, Moving, Giving

  Barack Obama and Alan Keyes Illinois Senate Debate hosted by Illinois Radio Network in the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, www.keyesarchives.com. October 12, 2004.

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• There are millions of gay people in the United States, including well-known celebrities.

  Mary Cheney

  Gay, People, United States

  Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books

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• We must rid this nation of the United Nations, which provides the communist conspiracy with a headquarters here on our own shores, and which actually makes it impossible for the United States to form its own decisions about its conduct and policies in Europe and Asia.

  John T. Flynn

  Europe, Decision, United States

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• I think Mr. Obama is a disaster for business and a disaster for the United States. Not that Mr. Romney would be much better, but the Republicans understand the problem of excessive debt better than Mr. Obama, who basically doesn't care about piling up debt.

  Marc Faber

  Thinking, United States, Would Be

  "MARC FABER: Obama Is A Disaster, The Stock Market Should Have Fallen 50%, And You Should Buy Yourself A Machine Gun" by Joe Weisenthal, www.businessinsider.com. November 7, 2012.

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• The United States has been a global power since late in the 19th century.

  Robert M. Gates

  United States, Century, Late

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• I've been very sensitive for a long time to the repeated pattern, during economic hard times or after a war, of the United States' essentially unilaterally disarming.

  Robert M. Gates

  War, Hard Times, Long

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• I am concerned about how to reverse the process by which a fundamentalist right and a corporate elite were able to seize power in the United States.

  Todd Gitlin

  United States, Able, Process

  "How to be radical?". The OpenDemocracy Interview, www.opendemocracy.net. April 5, 2011.

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• It is clear that there needs to be a closer working relationship between the United States and India. How can we have a close relationship if decision-makers in Washington know very little, if anything, about the religious beliefs, values, and practices of India's 800 million Hindus?

  Tulsi Gabbard

  Religious, Practice, Decision

  "Tulsi Gabbard, Hawaii Democrat, Poised To Be Elected First Hindu In Congress" by Omar Sacirbey, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 2, 2012.

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• Even as we work to develop more sources of petroleum for the United States, we must continue our vigorous pursuit of alternative fuels, so that we can be powered by cleaner, more efficient sources of energy.

  Virgil Goode

  Energy, United States, Alternatives

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• The fact that the price of gasoline has declined some in recent weeks must not allow Americans to be lulled into a false sense of security. Energy independence must rank along with border security as the top priorities of the United States.

  Virgil Goode

  Priorities, Independence, Gasoline

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• Guantanamo is a chief recruiting tool for al-Qaida. It has put a wedge between the United States and at least some of its allies.

  Eric Holder

  Allies, United States, Tools

  "Holder: Guantanamo Detainee Decision Soon". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. October 15, 2009.

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• There is just one France... one single nation, united in the same destiny.

  Francois Hollande

  Destiny, France, Just One

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• In grade school I was taught that the United States is a melting pot. People from all over the world come here for freedom and to pursue a better life. They arrive with next to nothing, work incredibly hard, learn a new language and new customs, and in a generation they become an integral part of our amazing nation.

  Jeff Hawkins

  School, People, United States

  "America’s Shameful Moments" by Jeff Hawkins, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2011.

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• China and the United States have major influence in international affairs and shoulder important responsibilities in upholding world peace and promoting common development.

  Hu Jintao

  Responsibility, Important, Development

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• But I am just as appalled that my experience, knowledge, dedication and service relative to defending the United States against biological warfare has been turned against me in connection with the search for the anthrax killer.

  Steven Hatfill

  Dedication, United States, Connections

  "Text of Hatfill's Statement". www.foxnews.com. August 11, 2002.

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• The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do.

  Townsend Harris

  Country, Desire, United States

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• If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she should desire to do so.

  Townsend Harris

  Desire, Firsts, England

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• I like to tour, but I prefer to tour in the United States. If I go overseas, I tend to get into trouble.

  Daniel Johnston

  United States, Trouble, Ifs

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• It is extraordinary how safe flying has become. You are now statistically more likely to be elected president of the United States in your lifetime than you are to die in a plane crash. What an amazing achievement as a society! But what we end up focusing on are the catastrophic failures that are incredibly rare but happen every now and then.

  Steven Johnson

  Achievement, Flying, President

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• In my day, the only people who achieved real independence were my father, Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin, who, with D. W. Griffith, formed United Artists. Other than that, everybody belonged to the big studios. They had no say in their own careers.

  Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

  Father, Real, Artist

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• We asked ourselves and the world to base decisions on good science, and I really believe the United States can be the leader in delivering that message to our international trading partners.

  Mike Johanns

  Believe, Decision, Leader

  "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.

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• I'm the treasurer of the state of Ohio, where, when the United States credit rating was downgraded for the first time in American history, and 14 government funds around the country were downgraded, we earned the highest rating we could earn on our $4 billion investment fund.

  Josh Mandel

  Country, Government, Ohio

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