Any nation that expects to be ignorant and free," Jefferson said, "expects what never was and never will be." And if the… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
America's great talent, I think, is to generate desires that would never have occurred, natively,... and to make those desires so painfully… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
There's also consumer debt, the credit card debt that burdens many of the working families in America. Yes, we talk about national… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The failure of the family court system in America is a national scandal. Sadly, the mainstream media, whether out of ignorance or… — Garland Waller Copy Share Image
I was planning on writing a detailed review of several books on web security tonight, but the Obama collapse has superseded my… — Charles Foster Johnson Copy Share Image
Our founding fathers detested the idea of a democracy and labored long to prevent America becoming one. Once again - the word… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
I think that if most guys in America could somehow get their fave-rave poster girl in bed and have total license to… — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
“His people had hogs there till the bottom fell out of hogs. The bottom was always falling out of something in America… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
“Koch believed that what the famed economist Joseph Schumpeter called "creative destruction" was so critical to the health of the capitalist system… — Nancy MacLean Copy Share Image
America is an open society, more open than any other in the world. People of every race, of every color, of every… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
If religious freedom is to endure in America, the responsibility for teaching religion to public school children must be left to the… — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
In my early teens, I read every bound volume of the magazine Punch. Every writer of any distinction in the English language,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I felt no obligation to bow to any 21st Century political correctness. What I did feel an obligation to do was to… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
It is important for America that the moral truths which make freedom possible should be passed on to each new generation. Every… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
It was quite surreal. Me and my wife went on holiday to America and the security was really tight in the airport.… — Chris Kamara Copy Share Image
I believe we can seize this future together, because we are not as divided as our politics suggests. [...] We are greater… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Common sense, to me, is simple. And I've never understood why there aren't a lot of people trying to figure out how… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If it be asked what is to restrain the House of Representatives from making legal discriminations in favor of themselves and a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Higher education isn't just a personal investment. It's a public good that pays off in a more competitive workforce and better-informed and… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Jeffersonian isolationism expressed an essentially cosmopolitan spirit. The Jeffersonian was determined - even at the expense of separating himself from the rest… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
Twenty-six years ago the highest court in this land did an incredible thing. They issued a Supreme Court decision that really boils… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
People on the right say to people like me, Oh, you hate America. And I always say, No, I love America. I… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The Negro has been here in America since 1619, a total of 344 years. He is not going anywhere else; this country… — Medgar Evers Copy Share Image
When we think about millions of hungry children, we don't think about America. We relate the problem to other nations, like Ethiopia,… — Kristin Davis Copy Share Image
The sci-fi fans in America... they are die-hard. They will follow you to the ends of the Earth. Once they attach themselves… — Nelsan Ellis Copy Share Image
I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many values that I hold to be important… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Although every step must be taken to protect against a chemical or biological attack in America, our nation would survive the use… — Adam Schiff Copy Share Image
We are very lucky to be living in an age in which we are still making discoveries. It is like the discovery… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
“The American flag doesn't give her glory on a peaceful, calm day. It's when the winds pick up and become boisterous, do… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
I like America anyway. In Japan we are much more formal. If two friends are separated for a long time and they… — Sessue Hayakawa Copy Share Image
America, the Idea of: We yearned for its beer and jazz, its smoke-filled nightclubs, its Edward Hopper bars, the melancholy of rainy… — Michael Bywater Copy Share Image
America is a mosaic not of groups but of individuals, each of whom carries a host of cultural influences, some chosen, some… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Until House came along I don't think the English made very good dance records, you know, there were very few really good… — Fatboy Slim Copy Share Image
There are men - now in power in this country - who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and… — John Lindsay Copy Share Image
Rising political tribalism, shamelessly exaggerating our opponents' claims or behavior, is leaving us vulnerable: No one loves America's internal fighting - and… — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
True, most Americans give lip service to the proposition that even the most exalted among us have their flaws, but we are… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
Well that's a bit of a question like saying, what have you learned in life that would help you lead? My whole… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
I saw Bob Arum out in America, I saw him walking through the lobby in the MGM Grand. I basically went over… — Kell Brook Copy Share Image