- Nov 07, 2020
America Quotes
America as pride, worry, and unfinished mission.
This collection holds contrasting feelings about the country: pride in being both African American and American, and a more anxious sense that the America someone loves is slipping away. For a wider view of national pride, see Country quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Cathedrals
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- Nov 07, 2020
These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals like they do in Europe. But we got baseball parks.
- Nov 07, 2020
When you live in Vancouver, you realize most of the population is in eastern North America.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shale is one answer to the U.K.'s energy problem, and it has obviously worked extraordinarily well in America.
- Each Year
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- Nov 07, 2020
The oath of renunciation and allegiance is a solemn vow taken by thousands of immigrants each year to become a United States citizen. The oath is the fundamental statement of allegiance to the United States, and this allegiance is what unites America.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
America is very decentralized in how it supports the humanities, unlike European countries where virtually everything stems from the central government.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
America somehow thinks that leadership relates to governance, and it certainly does. But society is much bigger than governance, and some of the truly great leadership of our society is outside the governance arena.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Teachers have the hardest and most important jobs in America. They're building our nation. And we should appreciate them, respect them, and pay them well.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are, well, only human. We know that. The rule of law is borne out in identifying, condemning, and punishing those who violate the standards on which we all agree. This is exactly what we do in America.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I probably get a bit more backlash in Australia than I do in America, to be honest. I was never invited to the Melbourne Comedy Festival because I was too gross, things like that. Which never happened in any other country.
- Nov 07, 2020