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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
- Egypt
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Syrian border town of Qa'im was the main gateway Islamic radicals used to go to Iraq. Syria became the passageway for extremists from Egypt, Libya, Afghanistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and other Muslim nations to fight a jihad against American forces in Iraq.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
In October 2008, American commandos launched a cross-border raid into Syria to capture an Islamic militant known as Abu Ghadiya. He was accused of being one of al Qaeda in Iraq's main smugglers of fighters and money between Iraq and Syria.
- Crippling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Faced with the crippling sanctions, Iran could simply decide it is paying too high a cost to pursue its nuclear program and could opt for negotiations and reconciliation with the United States and other members of the international community. This is clearly the preferred option of American leaders.
- Drones
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many in the U.S. military believe ISIS needs to be immediately, and repeatedly, smashed by American drones and warplanes.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've very steadily and single-mindedly been building the bureau so that we can do the work that, quote, Congress required us to do and that the American people have every reason to expect, and deserve, that we will do.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
In their plush melodies and plummy platitudes, many Rodgers-and-Hammerstein songs were secular hymns, which so insinuated themselves into the ear of the Eisenhower-era listener that they became the liturgical music for the American mid-century.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
From an institution standpoint, I want the American people to understand that the Senate can function, even on the most serious things.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Harvey Weinstein does not personify American liberalism any more than Bill O'Reilly personifies American conservatism.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Travelgate eventually faded, and the nation somehow survived - American exceptionalism at work again.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Certainly no man could be such an irredeemable 'schlub' as the American press portrays its losers.
- Destiny
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- Nov 07, 2020