United States Quotes - Page 17

• Foreign nationals entering the United States illegally who are taken into custody by the Border Protection Corps or by State or local law enforcement authorities must be promptly delivered to a federal law enforcement authority

  John Culberson

  Taken, Law, Enforcement

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• Any lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is foolish.

  Herbert Hoover

  Economic, Foolish, Lack Of Confidence

  Herbert Hoover (1934). “March 4, 1929, to October 1, 1931”

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• It is my conviction that the fundamental trouble with the people of the United States is that they have gotten too far away from Almighty God.

  Warren G. Harding

  People, Fundamentals, Trouble

  "Pictures Harding as Man of Prayer". Quoted by Bishop William F. Anderson. The New York Times, April 02, 1922.

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• The United States of America have taken their name from the United States of the Netherlands.

  Seth Low

  Pregnancy, Taken, Names

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• The United States could dramatically reduce its carbon emissions per kilowatt-hour without raising its overall energy bill.

  Joseph J. Romm

  Carbon Emissions, Energy, Climate

  Joseph J. Romm (2007). “Hell and high water: global warming - the solution and the politics - and what we should do”, William Morrow & Co

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• There's no such thing as clean coal. It's non-existent. Theoretically, it might be possible, many years from now, to come up with a way to clean it as it's burnt. But there's not a single demonstration project in the United States. [...] Clean coal doesn't exist.

  Al Gore

  Years, Climate, Coal

  "Al Gore: Energy Crisis Can Be Fixed". Interview with Katie Couric, www.cbsnews.com. July 17, 2008.

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• Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be Vice President of the United States of America. Let's get that straight. She's a truly close personal friend. She is qualified to be President of the United States of America. She's easily qualified to be Vice President of the United States of America. Quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me. But she's first rate.

  Joe Biden

  America, President, Vices

  "Six times Joe Biden aimed for the truth and caused a headache" by Ashley Killough, www.cnn.com. October 6, 2014.

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• No foreign policy can be sustained in the United States of America without the informed consent of the American people. And informed means just that, successes and failure, a realistic assessment of where we are and what the president plans to do about it.

  Joe Biden

  Mean, Assessment, America

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• Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States.

  Joe Lieberman

  Pregnancy, Wmd, Nuclear

  "Fox News Sunday", www.foxnews.com. August 4, 2002.

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• In this era of uncertainty and conflict, the United States - blessed with the world's strongest military, most ingenious economy, and most tolerant society - remains a model and leader to the world.

  Joe Lieberman

  Military, Blessed, Leader

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• We have reached an important milestone and achieved a new momentum in reaching a goal all Americans should embrace - building a secure, peaceful, democratic Iraq that is no longer a threat to the United States or the international community.

  Joe Lieberman

  Iraq, Goal, Community

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• This body, the United States Congress, was united, Republicans and Democrats alike, in taking that action, toppling the Taliban government, and working to try and root out al Qaeda and find Osama bin Laden.

  Chris Van Hollen

  Government, Roots, Trying

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• I believe that the United States has a moral obligation to stand up for those citizens of the world who cannot stand up for themselves, and I am proud to have authored the bill signed into law today that continues to put significant pressure on the brutal Burmese military junta.

  Joseph Crowley

  Military, Believe, Law

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• Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and separation of powers that form the foundation of the United States Government.

  Joe Baca

  Native American, Government, Land

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• I'm not sure if you can blame everything on the American way of life, but the United States are big. So, if you have a lot of people there, the percentage of stupid people is bound to be higher.

  Stephen Malkmus

  Stupid, People, Way

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• And the Arabs are the biggest owners now of media in the United States, okay, and over stock exchanges. And in many major U.S. cities they’re the majority owners.

  Alex Jones

  Media, Cities, Majority

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• The idea that the United States is going to win the war in Iraq is just plain wrong.

  Howard Dean

  War, Winning, Ideas

  "Dobbs: Five-weeks off for 'do-nothing Congress'" by Lou Dobbs, www.cnn.com. August 2, 2006.

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• A lawyer’s either a social engineer or … a parasite on society … A social engineer [is] a highly skilled, perceptive, sensitive lawyer who [understands] the Constitution of the United States and [knows] how to explore its uses in the solving of problems of local communities and in bettering conditions of the underprivileged citizens.

  Charles Hamilton Houston

  Engineering, America, Community

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• Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act.

  Christopher Dawson

  Self, Creative, Literature

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• No society lies nearer to the cyclonic path of the forces of world change than the United States, and few societies are more intellectually aware of the nature of the issues that have to be faced

  Christopher Dawson

  Lying, Issues, World

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• The United States has the power to destroy the world, but not the power to save it alone

  Margaret Mead

  World, States, United

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• I repeat that no greater immediate responsibility rests upon members of the Church, upon all citizens of this republic and of neighboring republics than to protect the freedom vouchsafed by the Constitution of the United States.

  David O. McKay

  Responsibility, Church, Citizens

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• My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World.

  Daniel Nathans

  Opportunity, Years, Parent

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• Many of my students don't know that I'm second lady of the United States... because, you know, it's a community college.

  Jill Biden

  Stupid, College, Community

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• The United Nations, he told an audience at Harvard University, 'has not been able-nor can it be able-to shape a new world order which events so compellingly demand.' ... The new world order that will answer economic, military, and political problems, he said, 'urgently requires, I believe, that the United States take the leadership among all free peoples to make the underlying concepts and aspirations of national sovereignty truly meaningful through the federal approach.'

  Nelson Rockefeller

  Meaningful, Military, Believe

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