United States Of America Quotes - Page 9

• I am Al Gore, and I used to be the next president of the United States of America.

  Al Gore

  America, President, Als

  "An Inconvenient Truth". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2006.

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• Now you have a choice: we can give more tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, or we can start rewarding companies that open new plants and train new workers and create new jobs here, in the United States of America.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, America, Giving

  Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina

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• Let me even say before I even get inaugurated, during the transition we are going to be having meetings all across the country with community organizations so that you have input into the agenda for the next presidency of the United States of America.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Organization, America

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• I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.

  Oliver North

  Pregnancy, Order, Years

  Oliver North, United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition (1987). “Taking the stand: the testimony of Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North”, Pocket

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• The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.

  Madeleine Albright

  America, United States, Thrill

  "Madeleine Albright: The road forward". CNN.com chat room, edition.cnn.com. September 18, 2001.

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• When the United States of America does things in its best interests, it is hated. I'm sorry, that just ticks me off.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Sorry, America, United States

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• We are hated because we are free. We are hated because of the idea that is the United States of America. We are hated because of our Constitution.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Ideas, America, United States

  "Media Sets Narrative to Cover for the Democrats’ Disastrous Foreign Policy". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. September 13, 2012.

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• Let me tell you who we conservatives are: we love people. When we look out over the United States of America, when we are anywhere, when we see a group of people, such as this or anywhere, we see Americans. We see human beings. We don't see groups. We don't see victims.

  Rush Limbaugh

  America, People, Groups

  Keynote Address to the Conservative Political Action Committee, delivered 28 February 2009, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.

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• I am about the people of the United States of America and the people of Houston, Texas.

  Sheila Jackson Lee

  Texas, America, People

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• I think the Justice Department needs to be the final protector of the people of the United States of America.

  Sheila Jackson Lee

  Thinking, America, People

  Interview with John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 19, 2012.

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• I am a subject of the British Crown, but whenever I have to choose between the interests of England and Canada it is manifest to me that the interests of my country are identical with those of the United States of America.

  Wilfrid Laurier

  Country, America, United States

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• All the sparrows on the rooftops are crying about the fact that the most imperialist nation that is supporting the colonial regime in the colonies is the United States of America.

  Nikita Khrushchev

  America, United States, Rooftops

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• I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Book, Thinking, America

  Thomas Jefferson (2011). “Jefferson on Freedom: Wisdom, Advice, and Hints on Freedom, Democracy, and the American Way”, p.41, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it.

  Henry James

  Hate, Names, Usa

  Henry James (1974). “Letters”, p.31, Harvard University Press

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• I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I arrived in a very large plane that said United States of America. I had more problems with the men in our own government.

  Madeleine Albright

  Men, America, United States

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• The other General Welfare Clause is in the first of the authorities given to the Congress and it's not a grant, it's a restriction. By which I mean it doesn't say Congress can legislate for the general welfare, it means that everything Congress must do has to enhance the general welfare of the United States of America. It can't grant things to individuals, it can only legislate for the government.

  Andrew Napolitano

  Mean, America, Government

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• I was swimming for the United States of America. I was swimming to beat Stephen Holland.

  Bobby Hackett

  Swimming, America, Champion

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• Son--they say there isn't any royalty in this country, but do you want me to tell you how to be king of the United States of America? Just fall through the hole in a privy and come out smelling like a rose.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Country, Kings, Fall

  Kurt Vonnegut (2007). “The Sirens of Titan”, p.62, Dial Press

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

  John Foster Dulles

  America, United States, Doe

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• The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons.

  George W. Bush

  America, World, Weapons

  First (Official) Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 29 January 2002

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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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• This is a spiritual war. And the Father of Lies has his sights on what you would think the Father of Lies would have his sights on: a good, decent, powerful, influential country - the United States of America. If you were Satan, who would you attack in this day and age?

  Rick Santorum

  Spiritual, Country, Powerful

  "Does Santorum Believe Obama Is Part of a Satanic Plot?" by David Corn, www.motherjones.com. February 22, 2012.

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• Satan has his sights on the United States of America.

  Rick Santorum

  Sight, America, United States

  "Rick Santorum defends Satan speech - by comparing himself to Ronald Reagan" by Toby Harnden, www.dailymail.co.uk. February 22, 2012.

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• When the President of the United States attacks a movie star it is undignified and it casts a poor light on the United States of America. When the President of the United States attacks a sitting judge and questions his legitimacy, that actually can lead to a Constitutional crisis.

  Mika Brzezinski

  Stars, America, Light

  Source: wwd.com

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• If you surveyed a hundred typical middle-aged Americans, I bet you'd find that only two of them could tell you their blood types, but every last one of them would know the theme song from the Beverly Hillbillies.

  Dave Barry

  Music, Song, Two

  Dave Barry (1994). “The World According to Dave Barry”, Outlet

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