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All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation. — Conrad Black
Most American media outlets that are controlled by Jews seem to be reflexively, or at least habitually, anti-Israel. — Conrad Black
The core of the American public, their hearts and their minds are in the right place. And that gives me hope. — Lewis Black
The people we elect aren't bipartisan. The American public is bipartisan. — Lewis Black
We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest… — Tony Blair
Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to… — Art Blakey
From being a little girl in the projects, going through all of the mess that I was going through, to ending up at the Inauguration… — Mary J. Blige
I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack… — Orlando Bloom
No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City. — Michael Bloomberg
This is the city of dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested… — Michael Bloomberg
The World Trade Center site will forever hold a special place in our city, in our hearts. But we would be untrue to the best… — Michael Bloomberg
At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to… — Earl Blumenauer
If you're in America a lot, it's easy to get into playing American. All of it, the sounds, the energies, all very different. But it's… — Emily Blunt
Protecting the institution of marriage safeguards, I believe, the American family. — John Boehner
Working Americans who believe in our country and who believe in our Constitution are saying, 'Enough is enough!' — John Boehner
Mr. President, the buzz saw that your healthcare bill ran into wasn't lobbyists and special interests it was tens of millions of American's who were… — John Boehner
Our manifesto, whatever it will be called, will come from the people who are really in charge of this country, and that's the American people. — John Boehner
It's pretty clear that over the last three months the economy has paused. And it's also pretty clear the American people are still demanding and… — John Boehner
The American people are screaming at the top of their lungs to Washington, 'Stop! Stop the spending, stop the job-killing policies.' And yet, Democrats in… — John Boehner
I am not for raising taxes on the American people in a soft economy. — John Boehner
But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they've expressed it tonight: standing on… — John Boehner
Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening… — John Boehner
One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose… — W. E. B. Du Bois
The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more… — Spiro T. Agnew
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb. — Spiro T. Agnew

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