America Quote by Edmund Burke

My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection.…

— Edmund Burke

The former colonies, in Latin America in particular, have a better chance than ever before to overcome centuries of subjugation, violence and foreign intervention,…

— Noam Chomsky

I love going to writers' colonies in pastoral settings where there's nothing to do, but either walk around or read a book or work…

— Andrew Sean Greer

We have no poor houses in the Colonies, and if we had, we would have no one to put in them, as in the…

— Benjamin Franklin

The central fact of North American history is that there were fifteen British Colonies before 1776. Thirteen rebelled and two did not.

— June Callwood

Artist colonies are notorious for breaking up marriages and housing affairs.

— Kerry Cohen

The big reason why we don't have space colonies and regular trips to the moon is that flying into outer space is just plain…

— Ben Parr

When this country here was first being founded, there were 13 colonies. The whites were colonized. They were fed up with this taxation without…

— Manning Marable

On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they [the Colonies] raised their flag against a power to which, for…

— Daniel Webster

The die is now cast; the colonies must either submit or triumph… we must not retreat.

— George III

“Semilla’s Phlegm-O-Matic promptly made an observation. ‘Wow Semilla look at that shuttle.’ ‘Keep your voice down Raymond we’re in danger,’ Semilla hissed. ‘Raymond?’ Burt…

— A.R. Merrydew

As far as actually setting up colonies of people who would live their whole lives in space, I think we're a long ways from…

— John Glenn