America and americans proverbs

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◆ When I was a graduate student at Harvard, I learned about showers and central heating. Ten years later, I learned about breakfast meetings. These are America's three great contributions to civilization.

- Mervyn A King98

◆ What's the Christian-bashing all about? Simple - a struggle for the soul of America is under way, a struggle to determine whose views, values, beliefs and standards will serve as the basis of law

- Patrick Buchanan98

◆ The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.

- Henry Kissinger98

◆ The American people must be willing to give up a degree of personal privacy in exchange for safety and security

- Louis Freeh98

◆ Ironically, rural America has become viewed by a growing number of Americans as having a higher quality of life not because of what it has, but rather because of what it does not have!

- Don A Dillman98

◆ When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us through the Revolution, in preparing us for the reception of a general government, and in conciliating the good will of the People of America towards one

- George Washington98

◆ I moved to New York City for my health. I'm paranoid and it was the only place where my fears were justified.

- Anita Weiss98

◆ America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.

- E E Cummings98

◆ The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is very strong.

- John Steinbeck98

◆ The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined.

- Neal Barnard MD98

◆ The United States has been declared under martial law...All constitutional rights have been suspended. Anyone interfering with the collection of urine samples will be shot. Anyone failing to attend morning school prayer will be shot. The number one enemy of progress is questions. National security is more important than individual rights. Sports broadcasts will proceed as scheduled. Shut up, be happy, obey all orders without question. At last everything is done for you.

- Jello Biafra98

◆ The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had the right .

- James Madison98

◆ My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.

- Oprah Winfrey98

◆ Chicago ain't no sissy town.

- Hinky Dink Kenna98

◆ I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

- Walt Whitman98