- 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
- Flag
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our flag represents every American and it should not be hidden away as a result of property agreements.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin affair is one of the most important and clarifying moments in American history.
- Birth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since the issues surrounding President Obama's birth certificate began during his campaign in 2008, I have rejected the notion that he is anything other than American.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel that, as a Puerto Rican and Latin American musician, a lot of the stuff that I write, even if I mean it or not, is gonna have some elements of that.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
The removal of people of Japanese descent from their homes and their incarceration in camps were executed with the same sort of political calculus of fear and bigotry that Mr. Trump is using to redefine American immigration policy.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
With his mendacity and increasingly virulent attacks on immigrants, Muslims, women, the press, the judiciary, the intelligence services, the F.B.I. - any group or institution that he finds threatening or useful as a scapegoat - Mr. Trump is attempting the Orwellian trick of redefining American reality on his own terms.
- Bottom Line
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- Nov 07, 2020
The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming more and more scarce for American cities. Political and civic leaders in local communities need to make a compelling case for this investment.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing symbolizes American strength and vigor more than another unaccountable Washington bureaucrat.
- President
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bill Clinton presided over the largest increase in federal and state prison inmates of any president in American history.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing wrong with wanting to publish - or read - books that have a wide potential audience. But it does generate a certain plodding sameness of tone and subject matter that plagues a lot of contemporary American fiction.
- Point
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we were making the movie, winning awards for it wasn't the point at all. We didn't even have an American distributor.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020