Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
John F. KennedyTags: inaugural-address america overconfidence
America is the greatest engine of innovation that has ever existed, and it can't be duplicated anytime soon, because it is the product of a multitude of factors: extreme freedom of thought, an emphasis on independent thinking, a steady immigration of new minds, a risk-taking culture with no stigma attached to trying and failing, a noncorrupt bureaucracy, and financial markets and a venture capital system that are unrivaled at taking new ideas and turning them into global products.
Thomas L. FriedmanTags: politics liberty freedom america capitalism economics united-states usa
And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.
So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
[Remarks on the 20th Anniversary of the Voice of America; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, February 26, 1962]
Tags: democracy america censorship freedom-of-thought marketplace-of-ideas media news openness secrecy truthfulness values
Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
Franklin D. RooseveltTags: politics history america united-states usa revolution immigration
America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself.
Oscar WildeTags: america oscar-wilde
White men have screwed this country up! I would like a black, female…. everything all rolled into one.I want something different. I want a real change. People, I want a president who speaks well, who has a sense of humor. This guy is such a moron! It's beyond the point where it's a joke. He's an idiot.
Denis LearyTags: politics america bush president
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
Oscar WildeTags: america
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.
Bill ClintonTags: america
Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
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