Americas Quotes

65 Americas quotes by 55 unique authors

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
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
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
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
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
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
The Indian wars have never ended in the Americas. — Leslie Marmon Silko
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
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
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
Americas are, for a variety of reasons, the most adept at producing the kind of entertainment that delivers easy satisfactions. — Todd Gitlin
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
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
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
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
I come from a country that is now utterly schizophrenic when it comes to its society, its economy, its politics. There are definitely two Americas.… — David Simon
The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers. — Arthur Erickson
All across Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, we find cultures that didn't know about mouth kissing until their first contact with European explorers. And… — Joshua Foer
The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor… — D. H. Lawrence
There are two Americas - separate, unequal, and no longer even acknowledging each other except on the barest cultural terms. In the one nation, new… — David Simon
As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best… — Alice Walker
And to all those who have wondered if Americas beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the true strength of… — Barack Obama
Momma said that ghosts couldn't move over water. That's why Africans got trapped in the Americas.. They kept moving us over the water, stealing us… — Laurie Halse Anderson
I'm not encouraged by the silence. I can think of no benign reason for it. I'm afraid we may expect something closer to Christopher Columbus's… — Rick Yancey
There are two Americas. One is the America of Lincoln and Adlai Stevenson; the other is the America of Teddy Roosevelt and the modern superpatriots.… — J. William Fulbright

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