- 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
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- Nov 07, 2020
Israel's discourse with the United States on the subject of Iran's nuclear project is more significant, and more fraught, than it is with Europe. The U.S. has made efforts to stiffen sanctions against Iran and to mobilize countries like Russia and China to apply sanctions in exchange for substantial American concessions.
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- Nov 07, 2020
To the best of my knowledge, after the Pollard affair, Israel does not spy on the United States or against American targets.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition.
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected.
- Depression
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been interested in the Depression as this very dramatic pivotal period in American history.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been a lot of 'firsts' on the national political stage, including the first African American congressman from the Bay Area and one of the first Democratic Socialists in Congress.
- Force
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- Nov 07, 2020
If your goal is to destroy ISIS, there needs to be a ground force. It could be American or foreign.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American people deserve to know exactly which laws the Obama Administration is refusing to enforce and why.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress cannot be allowed to impose burdens on the American people while relieving its own members of those burdens.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first started watching stand-up, I fell in love with American comedy before British comedy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Years later, when I was working as a trolley wally in a supermarket, I tackled the boredom by talking to the customers in as many different accents as I could manage. I started with one that I didn't think would alert any suspicion - generic Asian - then moved on to Irish, Welsh, Australian and American.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tell people, 'I'm American. I act.'
- Nov 07, 2020