America Quotes

The collapse of Enron was devastating to tens of thousands of people and shook the public's confidence in corporate America.

I think 'SNL' is so well-known for its musical performances, as well, and people really breaking into America through a really great performance on there. So I think me and Gotye are both really excited to be amongst such company. You know, it's great.

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.

But then Iraq happened after September 2001 and America claimed that Al Qaeda was there, and we all know that was a lie and we now know that our own Prime Minister deceived the country terribly.

President Reagan is now at rest. We mourn his passing, but we are grateful for the gifts he gave us: a safer world, strong economic base, and a renewed belief in America's greatness.

America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.

As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to America.

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

I definitely feel Russian inside, even when I'm in America I feel Russian.

I think America is on the right track.

The way corporate media likes to portray America is as a homogenous whole that high-five's each other at the Super Bowl. But what we have is a grotesque disparity between the rich and poor that is only getting wider.

Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today.

America is the last great goal of these migrations.

Over time, the product we produce has been consistently successful here in America and around the world. Apparently, we are doing something right.

My earnest hope is that what we started in terms of building partnerships with communities across America will continue, that we will continue our efforts to reduce crime and violence.

God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.

Globalization and the neoliberal economic model have already been rejected in Latin America; it simply hasn't been a solution for our people. At the same time, Latin countries like Venezuela and Argentina are anti-imperialist and anti-globalization, and yet their economies are growing again.

In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.

It isn't just that Obama's policies have failed; it's that he has essentially given up and is asking us to accept a lesser America going forward, as if resigned to the fatalistic belief that America has begun an inevitable and unavoidable decline.

This majority is working for America, and one of those ways is we have tremendously low unemployment. This economy has created millions of new jobs, and we are expecting growth this first quarter of somewhere higher than 4 percent.

When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that.

Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come - and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance.

Congress must take responsibility for a new positive direction - an innovative agenda that will lead to a more secure America. Secure communities, secure economies, and a secure quality of life.

I decided to make 'Captain America' because I realized I wasn't doing the film because it terrified me. You can't make decisions based on fear.

I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America.

It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'

I feel that I am best positioned to fight for America's future here in the trenches of the United States Senate.

There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes.

Chicago is unique. It is the only completely corrupt city in America.

The President has launched a very agressive campaign of self-defense, with the goal of getting Americans to buy into his vision of America on the world stage.