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America Quotes


"I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America."


"I'm tired and nervous and I'm in America. Here you don't know that you live."


"My junior high was dreadful. I see a lot of my fellow alumni on America's Most Wanted."



"So when they come around and say they want to do our stuff in America, it's compliment really."



"My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution."


"If I read not amiss, this powerful race will move down upon Mexico, down upon Central and South America, out upon the islands of the sea, over upon Africa and beyond. And can any one doubt that the results of this competition of races will be the "survival of the fittest?""


"My focus is that firearms are handled safely and that we can continue to enjoy them here in North America."


"Henry Fonda's son: That's how everybody identified me until Easy Rider came along. Good old Captain America."


"In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from."



"I think Canada, our industry is still somewhat based in America's industry."


"A declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United STates was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen of Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, a delegate from the state of Virginia."



"Lynda Carter, I think the reason I liked her was because she was so down to earth. Even though she was a big star and she was Miss America, she was very approachable."


"When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way, but a lot of the law - most of the law that relates to the First Amendment freedom of the press in America - is really within living memory."


"If you disagree with me, fine! Because that's the great thing about America, we can disagree!"



"I have to confess that a strong contributing factor was that I had just taken what was probably the first acid ever made, given to me by a guy called Johnny Fellows, who had just returned from America."


"From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was based on English precedent, even if mostly translated into the locally available material in abundance: timber."


"If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you."


"As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to America."


"I'm not an American, Do they count the votes in America? I haven't voted in Jamaica either."



"I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging."


"In spite of all this noise, customers are still definitely buying in North America, and they're really, really buying internationally."


"If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believe that's America."


"There is no doubt that America is a superpower of the world and we cannot ignore them."



"For 70 nights, right across America, I've been getting out there with two ex-lovers and we've been playing songs which are so specific about each of us, you just wouldn't know. We're friends now but we can't forget what happened between us."


"Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization."


"America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy."


"I believe in America. I'm one of those silly flag wavers."
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