America Quote by John Huppenthal

When I was growing up, the Spanish-speaking world was Balkanized. We were isolated. We didn't know what was happening in cultural terms in Ecuador,…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

We were doing the same thing. We will never have "a" Chicano English or Spanish because of regional differences. But I think that because…

— Ana Castillo

Latin, as we all know, ultimately broke down into Spanish, Italian, French, and so on. One wonders whether there will be an imperial parallel…

— William Golding

We inhabit a language rather than a country.

— Emile M. Cioran

I don't want our culture diluted. We need to close the borders now and let everyone assimilate to a Western, white, English-speaking way of…

— Gavin McInnes

We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.

— Oscar Wilde

Instead of this confusion, we need the unifying force of an official language, English, which is the language of success in America.

— Ernest Istook

The basis of any independent government is a national language, and we can no longer continue aping our former colonizers ... those who feel…

— Jomo Kenyatta

I forced myself to watch Spanish TV and listen to Spanish radio all the time. I think I'm lucky because, for whatever reason, people…

— Ivan Rakitic

With all the divisive forces tearing at our country, we need the glue of language to help hold us together. If we want to…

— Bob Dole

There is tremendous long-term harm when Americans accept ethnic and class balkanization as a de facto fixture of American life. I think that impoverishes…

— Richard Benjamin

My English is actually getting worse. We talk Spanish at home and switch to English only when we need it. Like when we go…

— Charo