America Quotes

People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.

This is the America that I love. This is a great people. We can do anything. We can achieve anything. We've got a government that has gotten in the way of the American people. We're going to change that in November.

America has always imported history.

I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for.

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of his dream.

The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior. We cannot look at the Latino community and preach "one language." No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.

America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure.

Let's make New York the safest state in America - that must be our goal. Let's achieve it together.

While America's infrastructure needs are substantial, there is no reason to delay completion of the highway bill. Every day of delay means jobs lost, investment opportunities missed and growth sacrificed.

Of all the men that have run for president in the twentieth century, only George McGovern truly understood what a monument America could be to the human race.

I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.

Social Security is not just the foundation of America's retirement dignity and security, it ensures the economic stability and strength of our families and our state's economy.

Vegas represents the idea of America I had as a kid. The big cars, the pretty girls; everything is possible in Vegas.

America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.

John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.

Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics.

Sept. 11 jolted America out of its second gilded age.

The Pledge of Allegiance reflects the truth that faith in God has played a significant role in America since the days of the founding of our country.

When I came to America in the '60s, it was the place to be. I wonder if I'd come here today.

I went to America and got into a band, had success, had hits in Australia.

The people of Iraq are grateful for what the people of the United States of America and our armed forces and our coalition forces are giving them the opportunity to do.

I think there's an abundance of talent in America and there will never be not a lot of talent out there.

When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear American voices on them, and we held out.

America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment, education, productivity, innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule.

There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.

America, how can I write a holy litany in your silly mood?

I don't think there's anybody in America who thinks my personality is best suited to being Number Two.

According to the study, approximately 16.7 million U.S. workers born in Latin America had a combined gross income of $450 billion last year, of which 93 percent was spent locally.

At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a population. America deserves the president it gets, whether the country votes for them or allows their vote to be stolen, and the least we can do is to elect someone who won't do that to other people.