America Quotes - Page 14

• [People of faith must] reassure them [atheists] that we share with them the core values of America, that our faith is not inconsistent with their freedom and our mission is not one of intolerance, but one of love.... I stand before you today as a witness to the goodness of God. For me, like you and like my running mate Al Gore, faith provided a foundation, order and purpose in my life.

  Joe Lieberman

  Running, Atheist, Order

  4 Copy quote

• If God is in fact separated from the government, then we can never possibly have a godly government. There's no way for America to be good if she's not godly.

  Joyce Meyer

  Godly, Government, Scary

  4 Copy quote

• To restore morality we must first recognize the source from which all morality springs. From our earliest history in 1776 when we were declared to be the United States of America, our forefathers recognized the sovereignty of God.

  Roy Moore

  Spring, Scary, Firsts

  15 Copy quote

• It is a Constitution that morphs while you look at it like Plasticman.... That is contrary to our whole tradition, to in God we trust on the coins, to Thanksgiving proclamations, to (Congressional) chaplains, to tax exemption for places of worship, which has always existed in America.

  Antonin Scalia

  Scary, Looks, Coins

  16 Copy quote

• We are talking about Christianizing America. We are talking about the Gospel in a political context.

  Paul Weyrich

  Talking, Scary, Political

  13 Copy quote

• America, as everybody knows, is a country of many contradictions, and a big contradiction for a long time has been between a very aggressive form of capitalism and consumerism against what might be called a kind of moral or civic impulse.

  David Foster Wallace

  Country, Long, Might

  Source: www.nybooks.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Many people in America throw the term "fascism" around, particularly for Middle-Eastern terrorists, but in fact what fascism really is is a close alliance between a unitary executive and a state and large corporations and a state.

  David Foster Wallace

  People, Corporations, Facts

  Source: www.nybooks.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I'm a Christian. I believe that greatness has to do with the quality of love shown to the least of thy brethren and the quality of service to those who are catching hell. When you look at it in that sense, I'd say America has had great moments, but I wouldn't call it a great nation. I don't think there have been any great nations in the history of the world, because in every nation you find poor people being subjugated. So, I see the term "great nation" as a contradiction, as an oxymoron.

  Cornel West

  Christian, Believe, Greatness

  4 Copy quote

• Years ago I was asked this question: Do terrorists fear anything? I said, 'I suspect they would fear a morally strong America.' They would know that a morally strong America would not be dislodged. You can always appeal to a point of vulnerability which would break a people up. [Terrorists] don't fear so much the weaponry as the moral courage, and I think a morally strong America would be intimidating to them.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Strong, Thinking, Years

  Source: www.virtueonline.org

  20 Copy quote

  Show source

• I'm not from Indianapolis, but I like living in Indianapolis. If I were to explain it, I'd tell someone to imagine a city that perfectly captures the best and the worst of America. Imagine the truly American city, because that's what it is.

  John Green

  Cities, Imagine, Capture

  "Crash Course in Community Building and Content Creation". Interview with Heike Young, www.marketingcloud.com. October 6, 2014.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Growing up in America, I never really appreciated my culture. I knew what being Hispanic was, but I thought that since I didn't look Hispanic, I was white.

  Demi Lovato

  Growing Up, White, Culture

  Source: www.glamour.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• America and Japan are the two leading world economies in terms of technology and innovative products. And in software, information-age technology and biotechnology the U.S. has an amazing lead.

  Bill Gates

  Technology, Japan, Two

  9 Copy quote

• You have to set big goals for yourself. And you have to put aside all the negativity in your life that tells you that if you came from a certain education or a certain family background that you can't achieve big goals. That's one of the things that America has.

  Brian Tracy

  Goal, Negativity, Achieve

  Source: productivemag.com

  20 Copy quote

  Show source

• Everybody in America is a part of this big herd of cattle being led to the marketplace, not to be sold, which is usual with cattle, but to do the buying. And everyone is branded. You see the brands - Nike, Puma, Coke - all over their bodies. Pretty soon you'll go to a family and say, "$100,000 if we can tattoo Pepsi on your child's forehead, and we'll have it removed when he's twenty-one. A hundred grand."

  George Carlin

  Tattoo, Nike, Children

  11 Copy quote

• What we need to do together is to put in place the kind of - foster the kind of environment where businesses of all sizes - small, medium or large - want to invest, want to do the innovative things that our businesses here in America are known for doing, want to grow our economy and want to create the kind of jobs that will bring - reduce that unemployment rate.

  Valerie Jarrett

  Jobs, Together, Size

  "Major Garrett Questions Presidential Adviser Valerie Jarrett". Interview with Major Garrett, www.foxnews.com. February 24, 2010.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• America is a country that will not be broken by fear. And instead, America is a country blessed with citizens marked by goodwill and great resolve.

  Tom Ridge

  Country, Blessed, Broken

  Source: www.foxnews.com

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• Iraq will drive American agenda for a long time because Iraq policy has so damaged America in the Middle East region, left us isolated. We are there now by brute strength, we are not there because we are desired.

  Jesse Jackson

  Iraq, Long, Middle East

  "Reverend Jesse Jackson". "Dateline" with George Negus, www.sbs.com.au.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Potentially, America is really the greatest, but it's not yet, I don't think. It's too much like an old-fashioned empire, waving the stick and dropping too many bombs on too many people.

  Robert Wyatt

  Thinking, People, Bombs

  Source: pitchfork.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Clint Eastwood said, the only things America has contributed to civilization are the western and jazz. And I don't think westerns are bad, but lots of people make great cinema. But jazz is right there.

  Robert Wyatt

  Thinking, Civilization, People

  Source: pitchfork.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• In America, there seems to be more focus on the idea that it's important to do things differently. In Britain, it's not an issue.

  Thom Yorke

  Ideas, Issues, Focus

  Interview with Scott Plagenhoef, pitchfork.com. August 16, 2006.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Black people in America have come from slavery to other forms of being oppressed and there are some things that come with that - some pain and anger that come with that and we as black people have to deal with it to heal that. White people have to understand it and have some compassion toward it.

  Common

  Pain, Compassion, White

  Source: www.esquire.com

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.

  John Kasich

  Philosophy, Ohio, Should Have

  "Gov. John Kasich On Health Policy, Religion And Inclusiveness". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. July 25, 2015.

  54 Copy quote

  Show source

• It's a real misconception that water is a problem in Africa only. It's also an issue in Nepal, in Honduras, and in the United States of America. If we don't start paying attention now and curb our use and stop taking it for granted, we're going to be in a bad place, like everyone else.

  Kenna

  Real, Issues, Water

  Source: www.elle.com

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Hip-hop is very diverse, but if you only focus on one aspect of it, then what you get is this image of Black America that is completely contrary to what actually goes on.

  Prince

  Focus, Hip Hop, Black

  "Tribute to Prince Part 1". The Travis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. April 22, 2016.

  41 Copy quote

  Show source

• I like to service the full audience of America, so I try to do things that are just real artistic, like when they don't have the most money, but it's a great piece of work. Then, there are big, fun comedies and big animated movies for kids. I want to do things for my nieces and nephews. Ultimately, we're trying to deliver something entertaining to an audience. As long as it can entertain the audience, and it makes me or my niece and nephew laugh or cry, then I think it's good.

  Queen Latifah

  Fun, Real, Niece

  "Queen Latifah, Neil Meron, and Craig Zadan Talk STEEL MAGNOLIAS and How the Lifetime Version Is Different from the Original". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 4, 2012.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source