Americas Quotes
65 Americas quotes by 55 unique authors
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"The pattern established at the outset has remained to this day, and the Spaniards still do nothing save tear the natives to shreds, murder them…
— Bartolome de las Casas
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I still believe Americas destiny is to become a living testament to what free human beings can accomplish by acting in unity.
— John F. Kerry
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By 2050, at bio-extinction's current rate, between 25 per cent and 50 per cent of all species will have disappeared or be too few in…
— Stuart L. Pimm
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Modern physics is describing what the ancient wisdom keepers of the Americas have long known. These shamans, known as 'the Earthkeepers,' say that we’re dreaming…
— Alberto Villoldo
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The most basic barrier was language itself, very few Americans in Iraq whether soldiers or diplomats or news paper reporters could speak more than a…
— Unknown Author
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It is chilling to think that the same people who persecuted the wise women and men of Europe, its midwives and healers, then crossed the…
— Alice Walker
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The Kennedy Administration's public pronouncements on the matter suggested that the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Castro's Cuba would represent an unacceptable strategic threat…
— John F. Kennedy
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Nazi Literature in the Americas, a wicked invented encyclopedia of imaginary fascist writers and literary tastemakers, is Bolaño playing with sharp, twisting knives. As if…
— Stacey D'Erasmo
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Americans cannot maintain their essential faith in government if there are two Americas, in which the private sector's work subsidizes the disproportionate benefits of this…
— Mortimer Zuckerman
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Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas…
— Jared Diamond
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After some reflection I have decided that while I am the president of Ecuador, I will not attend any Summit of the Americas until it…
— Rafael Correa
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The Indian wars have never ended in the Americas.
— Leslie Marmon Silko
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The chief contribution made by white men of the Americas to the folk songs of the world ——- the cowboy songs of Texas and the…
— J. Frank Dobie
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There is no evidence to support the belief that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ever questioned Americas power. He questioned only the President's John F. Kennedys…
— Lord Acton
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The Jews might have had Uganda, Madagascar, and other places for the establishment of a Jewish Fatherland, but they wanted absolutely nothing except Palestine, not…
— Nahum Goldmann
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Americas are, for a variety of reasons, the most adept at producing the kind of entertainment that delivers easy satisfactions.
— Todd Gitlin
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Livestock adopted in Africa were Eurasian species that came in from the north. Africa's long axis, like that of the Americas, is north/south rather than…
— Jared Diamond
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Eurasia's main axis is east/west, whereas the main axis of the Americas is north/south. Eurasia's east/west axis meant that species domesticated in one part of…
— Jared Diamond
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A strong defense is the surest way to peace. Strength makes detente attainable. Weakness invites war, as my generationmy generationknows from four very bitter experiences.…
— Gerald R. Ford
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The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to history, they are free to…
— Paula Gunn Allen
Who Wrote These Americas Quotes
55 authors contributed a total of 65 Americas Quotes, led by these top contributors: