I pray that no child of mine would ever descend into such a place as a library. They are indeed most dangerous… — Willy Russell Copy Share Image
America was first colonized by Puritans. Most of our earliest immigrants, and many since, have come here in order to practice their… — James Frey Copy Share Image
Perhaps this is our strange and haunting paradox here in America -- that we are fixed and certain only when we are… — Thomas Wolfe Copy Share Image
The steady character of our countrymen is a rock to which we may safely moor; and notwithstanding the efforts of the papers… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Being a Negro in America means trying to smile when you want to cry. It means trying to hold on to physical… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
In America, we have three major sports - baseball, football and basketball. They get the most coverage. Then there's things like golf… — Maurice Greene Copy Share Image
“When bad news is riding high and despair in fashion, when loud mouths and corruption seem to own center stage, when some… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
There is no country in which so absolute a homage is paid to wealth. In America there is a touch of shame… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The crisis [the Great Depression] discovered a great man in Franklin Roosevelt...None too soon he has carried America forward to the second… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
If America wishes to preserve her native birds, we must help supply what civilization has taken from them. The building of cities… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
I think one of the biggest mistakes that America has made - and maybe the world because this is, sort of, the… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
We do not have free market capitalism in America; we have crony capitalism. There is a huge difference between free market capitalism… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
The man who will go where his colors go, without asking, who will fight a phantom foe in the jungle and mountain… — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather, Peter O'Hara, was born in Ireland, I believe, in County Clare. His father, my great-great-grandfather, had actually come to America… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
Chicago, I feel, is a microcosm for the segregated, violent environment that is America. I try to not only speak about these… — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The political tactics of division and slander are not our values. They are corrupting influences on religion and politics, and those who… — John McCain Copy Share Image
That which is to be most desired in America is oneness and not sameness. Sameness is the worst thing that could happen… — Stephen Samuel Wise Copy Share Image
Our patriotic fervor was the result of the old and widespread belief in the idea of American exceptionalism, the idea that America… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
The American Negro must rebuild his past in order to make his future. Though it is orthodox to think of America as… — Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Copy Share Image
The United States is the greatest threat to world peace, and has been for a long time, and not merely because it… — T. D. Allman Copy Share Image
I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
America is supposed to pride itself on freedom of religion, race, and class. It's something that is carried on from ignorance and… — Myka 9 Copy Share Image
I'm a very shy person, and I never tried to do theater. I've been asked many, many times by the most incredible… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
Liberty, according to my metaphysics, is an intellectual quality, an attribute that belongs not to fate nor chance. Neither possesses it, neither… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Advice to explorers everywhere: if you would like to recieve due credit for your discoveries, keep a detailed account of your journeys… — Cuthbert Soup Copy Share Image
Those who are anti-God and anti-Christian in America have infiltrated the highest levels of the educational establishment. They have a philosophical commitment… — Rick Scarborough Copy Share Image
Today I weep for my country. No more is the image of America one of strong, yet benevolent peacekeeper. ... Around the… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
I meet people who can't get healthcare for their families, people who are just distressed over what is happening in our country.… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I think there are a good many Donald Trump voters who are sick of government as it is practiced in America and… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
We discovered this halfway through the process. When we started making the film there were some lines of dialogue in Portuguese, but… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
Perhaps Communists had wormed their way so deeply into our government on both the working and planning levels that they were able… — Mark W. Clark Copy Share Image
America is the land of the hustler: it's bigger, bolder, flasher, more in your face, whereas England's more about attention to detail… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
Oh my, I've just discovered what science shows us about our humble but spectacular place in the universe, and I have to… — Julia Sweeney Copy Share Image
The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but… — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
The myth of the dead Indian goes back to the Protestant settlement of the U.S. The Pilgrims wanted to start a new… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Classically, there are three ways in which humans try to find transcendence--religious meaning--apart from God as revealed through the cross of Jesus:… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
I believe if any of these candidates really understood that America is in the crosshairs of God, and that America will never… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
What has made America great have been the opportunities given to everyone in this country. Since our founding, individuals and families have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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