Let it be told to the future world that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet it.
Barack ObamaStichwörter: inspiration america inauguration
they're so fond of Liberty in this part of the globe, that they buy her and sell her and carry her to market with 'em. They've such a passion for Liberty, that they can't help taking liberties with her.
Charles DickensStichwörter: america martin-chuzzlewit
I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy.
BonoJosh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even those citizens that try to destroy it?
Toby: God bless America.
Stichwörter: freedom democracy america west-wing
How had this happened? Everyone in the world knew more than us, about everything, and this I hated then found hugely comforting.
Dave EggersStichwörter: knowledge america
America: It's like Britain, only with buttons.
Ringo StarrStichwörter: humor music america britain button ringo-starr
Regarding the fitness craze: America has lost its soul; now it's trying to save its body.
George CarlinStichwörter: humor america fitness
The superman exists and he's American.
Alan MooreStichwörter: america dr-manhatan superman
Grandma frowned and yelled something in Russian. She could have been saying, 'Open up, your best friend is here.' On the other hand, it could have been, 'America is a great country because of canned ravioli.
Laurie Halse AndersonMany years ago I was so innocent I still considered it possible that we could become the humane and reasonable America so many members of my generation used to dream of. We dreamed of such an America during the Great Depression, when there were no jobs. And then we fought and often died for that dream during the Second World War, when there was no peace.
But I know now that there is not a chance in hell of America becoming humane and reasonable. Because power corrupts us, and absolute power corrupts us absolutely. Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power. By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger of wrecking the morale of our soldiers fighting and dying in the Middle East? Their morale, like so many lifeless bodies, is already shot to pieces. They are being treated, as I never was, like toys a rich kid got for Christmas.
Stichwörter: humor politics innocence power dreams america united-states usa american-dream us
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