United States Quotes
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I believe that the boycott that we have against Cuba is counterproductive, and it also makes the twelve million or so Cuban people suffer unnecessarily just because of a foolish policy of the United States.
Jimmy Carter
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There is a sound reason why one and a half billion dollars are spent for cosmetics in your country every year, and only half that sum for education: There are no naturally pretty girls in the United States.
Elizabeth Hawes
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Kids who I grew up with, who I played ball with, basketball, baseball, and went to parties with - for whatever reason - they ended up in a fundamentally different place than I did. I'm the attorney general of the United States and they are ex-felons.
Eric Holder
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The Constitution and laws of the United States resemble a theocracy more closely than any government now on the earth, or that ever has been, so far as we know, except the government of the children of Israel to the time when they elected a king.
Brigham Young
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The United States has kept the peace through our alliances. Donald Trump wants to tear up our alliances. I think it makes the world safer and, frankly, it makes the United States safer. I would work with our allies in Asia, in Europe, in the Middle East, and elsewhere. That's the only way we're going to be able to keep the peace.
Hillary Clinton
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Donald Trump suggestions are not only offensive but, in certain cases, dangerous and sometimes even illegal, like his dismissal of the laws of the United States international law when it comes to torture.
Hillary Clinton
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The present Stimulus Bill sets up the equivalent commission in the United States similar to that which is in England.
Nat Hentoff
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My own daughters weren't able to study in Turkey because of their headscarves, so they went to the United States.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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The United States government, in figuring our gross national product, defines 'durable goods' as anything that will last three years.
Barbara Holland
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We United States are the only military superpower. We have no idea how long this is going to last, so we ought to get every bad guy we can and fix every problem we can.
Bill Clinton
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If she's healthy and able to compete, she's definitely one of the strongest to compete for the United States at the Olympics.
Sasha Cohen
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Our policy is guided by the principle that we will keep unauthorized aliens out of the United States, welcome legal immigrants, and protect refugees from harm. Our solutions rely on working in partnership with States and communities.
Bill Clinton
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We discovered how much money influences certain things work in United States. How things might seem okay on the outside, but internally, they're corrupt.
James Hetfield Metallica
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Today the United States has the highest prison population in the world, over 2.1 million people. ... We lock people up at a rate that is seven to ten times that of any other democracy.
Eve Ensler
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I'm not going to let people who work in the United States Department of Justice have their characters be assailed without any basis.
Eric Holder
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Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection.
George Washington
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The United States is not so strong, the final triumph of the democratic ideal is not so inevitable that we can ignore what the world thinks of us or our record.
Harry S Truman
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To hear the amount of hate that people have in the United States is disheartening. However, I still have hope that we have not reached the pinnacle.
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
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The United States is the only advanced economy with no paid parental leave for either mothers or fathers.
Brigid Schulte
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The United States should not under any circumstances throw away our gun until we are sure the rest of the world cannot arm against us.
Harry S Truman
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The people in the United States are some of the most generous people in the world. We saw it in Haiti. We saw it with Katrina. When devastation strikes, American people want to step up.
Ertharin Cousin
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The general perception, in much of the Middle East, is that the United States is an unreliable friend and a harmless enemy. I think we want to give the exact opposite impression.
Bernard Lewis
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It's not capitalism that's failing the U.S. but socialism.
James Cook
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The United States...has a warm and a unique relationship of friendship with Israel that is morally right. It is compatible with our deepest religious convictions, and it is right in terms of America's own strategic interests. We are committed to Israel's security, prosperity, and future as a land that has so much to offer the world.
Jimmy Carter