Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America. —Dwight D. Eisenhower More about this quote Tags: change influence USA Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I'm tired of waiting. It's time for us to find our own voice, to do our own organizing, to push forward on reform, to push forward on issues of economic justice, and to make the United States of America, this good country, even better. —Paul Wellstone More about this quote Tags: justice action USA waiting better Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My country tears of thee. —Lawrence Ferlinghetti More about this quote Tags: disappointment sadness USA Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
This was the dawn of plastic eating in America. . . . We doted on Velveeta. Spam. Canned ravioli. Instant puddings. Instant anything. The farther a thing was from the texture, flavor, and terrifying unpredictability of real food, the better. —Shirley Abbott More about this quote Tags: reality USA America food better flavor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. That is what makes America what it is. —Gertrude Stein More about this quote Tags: space USA Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The United States Congress, like a lot of rich people, lives in two houses. —John Green More about this quote Tags: politics USA wealth houses Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Very little is known about the War of 1812 because the Americans lost it. —Eric Nicol More about this quote Tags: war history memory USA Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it. —Norman Thomas More about this quote Tags: politics USA cleaning flags symbolism flag burning Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There's a group of Americans who are fully employed. They aren't very well paid or they're not paid at all. They're called mothers, and I've never heard of a mother who wasn't a working mother. And that includes the mothers on welfare. —Theresa Funiciello More about this quote Tags: work USA mothers welfare Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think. —Milton Berle More about this quote Tags: politics USA thinking congress Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish. —Virgil Thomson More about this quote Tags: politics style music USA America Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The worst thing about Europe is that you can't go out in the middle of the night and get a Slurpee. —Tellis Frank More about this quote Tags: USA Europe Slurpee 7-11 Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed, it's called a depression. —Jesse Jackson More about this quote Tags: USA race blackness unemployment Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it. —Dave Barry More about this quote Tags: health countries USA America medicine comparison Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequence of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society. —Margaret Mead More about this quote Tags: politics USA laws consequences Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email