America Quote by Anthony Lewis

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“With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free.”

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Americans who visit Tuscany or Umbria love the landscape: the silvery olive groves, the fields of sunflowers, the vineyards, the stone houses and barns.

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The First Amendment is very important, but it's not everything.

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Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to raise their voices at…

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We have learned by now, or should have, that the best-intended designers of aid programs can make ghastly mistakes in their sophisticated plans.

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I am an optimist about America.

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Over many years, the United States has worked to persuade and compel governments around the world to abide by the rules. By spurning our…

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Attacking the indecency of life in much of the Southern Hemisphere is no longer a matter of grace, of charity, of patronizing kindness. It…

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I'm a pro-capitalist, middle-of-the-road, tepid centrist.

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Faith in reason was the foundation stone of the United States.

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Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines.

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I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes]

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I'm gonna bring America together.

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We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that.

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