Bases Quote by Jomo Kenyatta

We inhabit a language rather than a country.

— Emile M. Cioran

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

— Ernest Istook

English is the 'language of liberty' for nations emerging from years of cultural oppression.

— Vaclav Havel

We have a president for whom English is a second language. He's like 'We have to get rid of dictators,' but he's pretty much…

— Robin Williams

A people without a language of its own, is only half a nation.

— Anonymous

Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we have, will not in…

— Benjamin Franklin

I doubt that national languages will disappear. In fact, to some extent they're becoming more diverse, like in Europe.

— Noam Chomsky

I've long believed that having multiple official languages makes it very hard to sustain a united polity.

— Kevin Drum

Our government should speak a common language with the American people - plain English.

— Alan Siegel

The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We…

— S. I. Hayakawa

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

One of the reasons we require immigrants to learn English before they naturalize is that a person who cannot understand English will not be…

— Jim Sensenbrenner