America Quotes (page 11)

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• widespread
• longs
• longing

America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution. Francis Parkman

• country
• civil
• decadence

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. Oscar Wilde

• happy
• vastness
• vastly

America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy. John Updike

• people
• using people
• enough is enough

America must be the moral leader. It is not enough to have power. Power must be used to protect freedom and give all people hope for the opportunity to see the fruit of their own labor. Jesse Helms

• religious
• different
• exaggeration

America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies. James F. Cooper

• world
• women
• good

America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for. Sarah Palin

• journey
• communication
• culture

America is the sum of all our journeys as we search for our national community and our national culture. Paul Tsongas

• hope
• compassion
• excellence

America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor. Paul Tsongas

• surprise
• twitter
• play

America pays its bills. It always has. It always will. The fact that Washington is now debating whether to honor its debts and obligations, then, should come as a surprise. But playing political football with a necessary vote to raise the nation's debt ceiling has become as predictable as a Twitter rant from Charlie Sheen. Peter Welch

• world
• war
• lost

America has lost the moral high ground with the rest of the world, and we have fewer allies as a result. President Bush and his administration have undermined the war on terror by using tactics outlawed by international treaty and condemned by even our closest friends. John Olver

• life
• good
• lost

America has also forever lost the service of thousands of good soldiers who are now disabled as a result of battle wounds in Iraq. Many others will need mental and emotional rehabilitation before they can return to normal life. John Olver

• confidence
• resilience
• september

America's economy is resilient, and I am confident that Republican pro-growth policies will continue to keep our economy growing - just as it has since after the September 2001 terrorist attacks. Dennis Hastert

• friends
• friend
• dog

America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. Arnold J. Toynbee

• want
• why
• should

America has everything, why should they want us. George Harrison

• means
• just
• meanness

America is just downright mean. Michelle Obama