America Quotes - Page 11

• I think the United States is sick. It suffers from the sickness, the disease of being the victor and it needs to cure itself from this disease.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Thinking, Sick, Suffering

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• Our country, the United States of America, may be the worlds largest economy and the worlds only superpower, but we stretch ourselves dangerously thin by taking on commitments like Iraq with only a motley band of allies to share the burden.

  John Spratt

  Country, Commitment, Iraq

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• Let's withdraw from Afghanistan and have the army invade America - that's the only way we'll get new schools and roads.

  Andy Borowitz

  School, Army, Way

  FaceBook post by Andy Borowitz from May 02, 2012

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• After the period of sex-attraction has passed, women have no power in America.

  Elizabeth Bisland

  Sex, Periods, Attraction

  Elizabeth Bisland (1906). “The Secret Life: Being the Book of a Heretic”

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• I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from America for such a long time. It's called expatriate

  James Hillman

  Long, Expatriates, Deficiency

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• Fascism will come to America wrapped in a flag.

  Sinclair Lewis

  Flags, Fascism

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• It's just the way it is. The sky is blue, the sun is bright, and Aspen endlessly loves America. It's how the world was designed to be.

  Kiera Cass

  Blue, Sky, World

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• America, I don't think you can change history." All the same, his expression looked hopeful. "Sure we can. Besides, who'd ever know about it but you and me?

  Kiera Cass

  Thinking, Expression, Hopeful

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• The United States of America does not have friends; it has interests.

  John Foster Dulles

  United States, Doe, Interest

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• Democracy -- rule by the people -- sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America.

  Edward Abbey

  People, Democracy, Trying

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.17, RosettaBooks

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• America has the highest standard of living of any major country in the entire world. To maintain and enhance that standard of living, America should continue to embrace those qualities which have made America great: openness and dynamism. Openness to new technologies, new ideas and new people is America's greatest source of strength.

  Alex Tabarrok

  Country, Technology, Ideas

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• I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.

  Zainab Salbi

  Choices, Injustice, Grew Up

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• When December comes, can The Nutcracker be far behind? No, it cant - not in America, anyway.

  Robert Gottlieb

  Nutcrackers, December, Behinds

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• The campaign for the White House is heating up with John Kerry taking heat for throwing his Vietnam medals away, getting a $1000 haircut, and wearing a 1970s wig known as 'the Leno.' There are really two sides to this story. And America can't wait for Kerry to present both of them.

  David Letterman

  Two Sides, White, Waiting

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• Gun stripping is the tea ceremony of America.

  Steve Aylett

  Gun, Tea, Stripping

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• As a Vietnamese refugee who became an American writer, I can tell you that you matter, that your sadness matters, the story of how you survived and triumphed matters. For every story that belongs to you, in time, belongs to America.

  Andrew Lam

  Sadness, Stories, Matter

  Andrew Lam (2010). “East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres”, p.133, Heyday

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• Marvel Comics announced that the next Captain America will be black. He has the same powers as white Captain America, except he has to show I.D. when he votes.

  Bill Maher

  White, Black, Captains

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• It was natural to see the struggle for dignity for black people in America as a sister struggle of the Jewish struggle. So growing up, it was always a part of my breakfast cereal to think of myself as someone who was part of a larger struggle.

  Eugene Jarecki

  Growing Up, Struggle, Thinking

  "Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. November 9, 2012.

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• Texas Gov. Rick Perry referred to the Mexican city of Juarez as the most dangerous city in America. In his defense, he probably just thought it was an American city because there were so many Mexicans there.

  Jay Leno

  Texas, Cities, Mexican

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• Rick Perry dropped out of the presidential race. When asked what went wrong, Perry said, I guess America is not ready to elect a dumb guy from Texas. But in time.

  Conan O'Brien

  Race, Texas, Guy

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• I was born in Argentina, June 13, 1943. I brought up my parents very well, so they let me come to America to study at Princeton University.

  Emilio Ambasz

  June, Princeton University, Parent

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• Perhaps the rebuilding of the body and spirit is the greatest service derivable from our forests, for what worth are material things if we lose the character and quality of people that are the soul of America?

  Arthur Carhart

  Character, People, Soul

  Arthur Hawthorne Carhart (1955). “Timber in Your Life”

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• America may be entering it’s Michael Jordan on the Wizards period.

  Christian Finnegan

  Entering, Wizards, May

  "Christian Finnegan Delighted America Is Going Downhill". www.huffingtonpost.com. November 15, 2011.

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• I want to make sure the people we elect to office believe in America.

  Foster Friess

  Believe, Office, People

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• I love America, and I love to say that my family is American.

  James Spithill

  My Family

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

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