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Quotes About America

lately come to the English Crown and People, from a congress of British subjects in America: which, strange to relate, have proved more important to the human race than any communications
~ Charles Dickens
this very year last past (supernaturally deficient in originality) rapped out theirs. Mere messages in the earthly order of events had lately come to the English Crown and People, from a congress of British subjects in America: which, strange to relate, have proved more
~ Charles Dickens
messages, as the spirits of this very year last past (supernaturally deficient in originality) rapped out theirs. Mere messages in the earthly order of events had lately come to the English Crown and People, from a congress of British subjects in America: which,
~ Charles Dickens
order of events had lately come to the English Crown and People, from a congress of British subjects in America: which, strange to relate, have proved more important to the human race than any communications yet received through any of the chickens of the Cock-lane brood.
~ Charles Dickens
had lately come to the English Crown and People, from a congress of British subjects in America: which, strange to relate, have proved more important to the human race than any communications
~ Charles Dickens
earthly order of events had lately come to the English Crown and People, from a congress of British subjects in America: which, strange to relate, have proved more important
~ Charles Dickens
[As U.S. forces joined the Allies:] Lafayette, we are here.
~ Charles E. Stanton
The U.S. military has done a phenomenal job of creating these facilities almost over-night and dealing with these sworn enemies of America with more respect and dignity than they ever would have considered according our officers had they captured any.
~ Charles Foster Bass
All equally see in the convulsion in America an era in the history of the world, out of which must come in the end a general recognition of the right of mankind to the produce of their labor and the pursuit of happiness.
~ CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS
In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever.
~ Oscar Wilde, 1891
Future of America. — Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote.
~ William L. Shirer, 1969
Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.
~ Marlene Dietrich
Meiguoren! Meiguoren!
~ Grace Lin
Petrie. I stood up for a principle I believe in. If the whole of America has to die for that principle, then I still believe it's worth it.' 'Even if the principle kills the very people it's supposed to protect?' Kenneth Garunisch turned away. 'Principles are everything, Dr. Petrie. Without principles, we cease to be living beings.
~ Graham Masterton
This may play well in certain extreme right- and left-wing political circles. But such unrest exacts a huge price on U.S. credibility abroad in all the challenging arenas summarized here, and in others yet to emerge. Political cannibalism at home will severely undercut the authority and credibility of America's role in the world. It will exacerbate U.S. efforts to manage a range of existing security issues and new ones yet unimagined.
~ Graham T. Allison
And by that remarkable fact there hangs . . . a story. This ambiguity was not a historical accident; it was, in fact, the whole point of the American founding. An adequate history of Christianity and America ought to be built around the story of this ambiguity. And quite a story it is. We might call it the "cooperative founding" story, because Christianity and its spiritual enemies created America together.
~ Greg Forster
Many historians still consider Jackson's two terms (1829–1837) the fulfillment of the promise of the American Revolution's anti-aristocratic aspirations, a moment of boisterous egalitarianism in which restless white workers armed with the vote became a political force.21 "A
~ Greg Grandin
I request America to look into our hearts and see that the great majority of us are not terrorists, but good and simple people. Our land is stricken with poverty because we are without education. - Syed Abbas
~ Greg Mortenson
You read the papers and you watch television, so you know the kind of spider-brained, commercially poisoned piece-of-crap reporting you get in America.
~ Greg Palast
The evangelical church in America has, to a large extent, been co-opted by an American, religious version of the kingdom of the world. We have come to trust the power of the sword more than the power of the cross. We have become intoxicated with the Constantinian, nationalistic, violent mindset of imperialistic Christendom.5
~ Gregory A. Boyd
we must never confuse the positive things that America does with the kingdom of God, for the kingdom of God is not centered on being morally, politically, or socially positive *relative* to other versions of the kingdom of the world. Rather, the kingdom of God is centered on being *beautiful*, as defined by Jesus Christ dying on a cross for those who crucified him.
~ Gregory A. Boyd
I believe a significant segment of American evangelicalism is guilty of nationalistic and political idolatry.
~ Gregory A. Boyd
Because the myth that America is a Christian nation has led many to associate America with Christ, many now hear the good news of Jesus only as American news, capitalistic news, imperialistic news, exploitive news, antigay news, or Republican news. And whether justified or not, many people want nothing to do with any of it.
~ Gregory A. Boyd
Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them.
~ Greil Marcus