- Heritage
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- Nov 07, 2020
American Quotes
Many voices, one word.
These American quotes range from wry commentary on press culture to reflections on civic duty at the ballot box, plus lighter notes on dance companies and a television series praised as a genuine American classic. For more on the country itself, visit our America page.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Diet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
- Nov 07, 2020
History has demonstrated time and again the inherent resilience and recuperative powers of the American economy.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
It'd be nice to claim that the American press, while maintaining objectivity and balancing against bias, is still inherently American - that they are patriots who love this country even as they report on its defects.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
For being the largest generation in American history, the Millennial generation inspires a ridiculous degree of overgeneralization.
- American Public
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- Nov 07, 2020
The surveillance of ordinary people is far greater than I would have imagined and far greater than the American public has been able to debate.
- Destroy
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- Nov 07, 2020
In late 2003, the Bush administration reversed a long-standing policy requiring agents to destroy their files on innocent American citizens, companies and residents when investigations closed.
- Bills
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- Nov 07, 2020
It turns out that American Express honors recurring payments even if the vendor is unable to supply an accurate card number and expiration date. An Amex phone representative said this is a feature, not a bug, which makes sure my bills are paid.
- Interests
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- Nov 07, 2020
Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration.
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a shortage of doctors, and the American Medical Association is aiming to keep it that way.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people - not only made the tax code more nearly progressive, it preceded one of the most productive economic periods in American life.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020