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"America stands for individual liberty, but that means an ordered liberty."

"America stands for individual liberty, but that means an ordered liberty."

Bainbridge Colby, American Public Servant

America, Liberty

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"America makes up its own mind about what it wants to see."

"America makes up its own mind about what it wants to see."

Ajay Naidu, American Actor

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"America is just downright mean."

"America is just downright mean."

Michelle Obama, American First Lady

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"I get all fired up about aging in America."

"I get all fired up about aging in America."

Willard Scott, American Entertainer

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"If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational."

"If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational."

Salma Hayek, Mexican Actress

America, Problems, Violence

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

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

Johnny Rotten, English Musician

America, Chance

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"I'd like to go to Brazil I think. Do a little South America trip."

"I'd like to go to Brazil I think. Do a little South America trip."

Kristanna Loken, American Actress

America, Brazil

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"America has everything, why should they want us."

"America has everything, why should they want us."

George Harrison, British Musician

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"I said to myself, where are we living? In the United States of America where you're innocent until proven guilty, or Nazi Germany with the Gestapo calling?"

"I said to myself, where are we living? In the United States of America where you're innocent until proven guilty, or Nazi Germany with the Gestapo calling?"

Tommy Bond, American Actor

America, Germany, Living, states

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"But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants."

"But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants."

Barbara Jordan, American Lawyer

America, Danger, Faces, Interest

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"Certainly coming to America has been extraordinary."

"Certainly coming to America has been extraordinary."

Tim Roth, British Actor

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"So this is America. They must be out of their minds."

"So this is America. They must be out of their minds."

Ringo Starr, English Musician

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"Instead of explaining the sober facts of mechanics and electricity, I want to say a few words about the debt which we owe to youth; and with your permission I shall consider you as representing here not only the academic youth of Sweden nor even of Europe but also of America."

"Instead of explaining the sober facts of mechanics and electricity, I want to say a few words about the debt which we owe to youth; and with your permission I shall consider you as representing here not only the academic youth of Sweden nor even of Europe but also of America."

Felix Bloch, Swiss Scientist

America, Debt, Electricity, Europe

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"I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction."

"I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

America, Now, Right

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"All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized in America."

"All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized in America."

Ezra Stiles, American Clergyman

America, Mankind, Providence

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"Even in political considerations, now-a-days, you have stronger motives to feel interested in the fate of Europe than in the fate of the Central or Southern parts of America."

"Even in political considerations, now-a-days, you have stronger motives to feel interested in the fate of Europe than in the fate of the Central or Southern parts of America."

Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian Lawyer

America, Europe, Fate, Motives

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"We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives."

"We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives."

Charles Hamilton Houston, American Lawyer

America, Children, Prejudice, Race

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"If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong."

"If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong."

Clarence Darrow, American Lawyer

America, Man, Wrong

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"I would like to see America some day."

"I would like to see America some day."

Hanoi Hannah, Vietnamese Celebrity

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"America has a relationship with Bobby and Whitney."

"America has a relationship with Bobby and Whitney."

Jenifer Lewis, American Actress

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"Where else but in America could a schoolteacher from Kansas City end up the governor of her adopted state?"

"Where else but in America could a schoolteacher from Kansas City end up the governor of her adopted state?"

Jane D. Hull, American Politician

America, End, State

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"I'll fly Away took place in the 50's and 60's in America's South, and there are a couple of scenes where me and my friends are supposed to be skinny dipping with these girls."

"I'll fly Away took place in the 50's and 60's in America's South, and there are a couple of scenes where me and my friends are supposed to be skinny dipping with these girls."

Jeremy London, American Actor

America, Friends, Girls

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"I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights."

"I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights."

Clarence Thomas, American Judge

America, Rights, Philosophy

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"I had been in so many towns and cities in America with John Kennedy, but I was not with him in Dallas, Texas, on November 21, 1963."

"I had been in so many towns and cities in America with John Kennedy, but I was not with him in Dallas, Texas, on November 21, 1963."

Pierre Salinger, American Public Servant

America, Cities

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"When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat."

"When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat."

George Carlin, American Comedian

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"In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America."

"In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America."

Simon Newcomb, Canadian Mathematician

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"Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang problems we have now."

"Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang problems we have now."

Drew Carey, American Actor

America, Crime, Liquor, Now

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"America is still the No. 1 killer in the world."

"America is still the No. 1 killer in the world."

Jeremiah Wright, American Clergyman

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

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

Greta Garbo, Swedish Actress

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

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

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

America, Choice, Conformity, Freedom

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"We are Americans. We - we - we are - we are doctors. We are investment bankers. We are taxi drivers. We are store keepers. We are lawyers. We are - we are part of the fabric of America. And the way that America today treats its Muslims is being watched by over a billion Muslims worldwide."

"We are Americans. We - we - we are - we are doctors. We are investment bankers. We are taxi drivers. We are store keepers. We are lawyers. We are - we are part of the fabric of America. And the way that America today treats its Muslims is being watched by over a billion Muslims worldwide."

Feisal Abdul Rauf, Egyptian Theologian

America, Americans, Being, Doctors

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"Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs."

"Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs."

Douglas Feith, American Public Servant

America, Military, World

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"I began writing in the 4th grade. As a matter of fact, I produced a play for the entire school. It was about Leif Ericson and the discovery of America."

"I began writing in the 4th grade. As a matter of fact, I produced a play for the entire school. It was about Leif Ericson and the discovery of America."

Christopher Darden, American Lawyer

America, Discovery, Fact, Play

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"But in America, if you're an atheist, you lose."

"But in America, if you're an atheist, you lose."

Michael Newdow, American Lawyer

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"I didn't realize how many true Rockabilly fans there were here in America."

"I didn't realize how many true Rockabilly fans there were here in America."

Wanda Jackson, American Musician

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"Laughter is America's most important export."

"Laughter is America's most important export."

Walt Disney, American Cartoonist

America, Laughter

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

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

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician

America, American

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"I'm for catching every Japanese in America, Alaska, and Hawai'i now and putting them in concentration camps."

"I'm for catching every Japanese in America, Alaska, and Hawai'i now and putting them in concentration camps."

Francis Biddle, American Lawyer

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"My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers in Latin America."

"My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers in Latin America."

Desi Arnaz, American Actor

America, Pretty, Temper

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"Sometime during the many millions of years that have elapsed since mammalian faunas came into existence, some sort of island crossed from West Africa to South America."

"Sometime during the many millions of years that have elapsed since mammalian faunas came into existence, some sort of island crossed from West Africa to South America."

Louis Leakey, British Scientist

America, Existence, Years

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"Haldeman is the only man in America in this generation who let his hair grow for a courtroom appearance."

"Haldeman is the only man in America in this generation who let his hair grow for a courtroom appearance."

Mary McGrory, American Columnist

America, Appearance, Hair, Man

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"What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America."

"What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America."

Branford Marsalis, American Musician

America, Jazz, Language, Spirit

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"The popular song is America's greatest ambassador."

"The popular song is America's greatest ambassador."

Sammy Cahn, American Musician

America, Popular, Song

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"I'd never been content in America."

"I'd never been content in America."

Julie Christie, British Actress

America, Content

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"I just feel happy to be in America, like I said, it's the most beautiful country in the world."

"I just feel happy to be in America, like I said, it's the most beautiful country in the world."

Ahmed Ali, Pakistani Poet

America, Country, World

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"The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized."

"The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized."

Michael Beschloss, American Historian

America, Fathers, Founding

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"I think there are a lot of reasons to be critical of the media in America."

"I think there are a lot of reasons to be critical of the media in America."

Laura Bush, American First Lady

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"The entire exhibitions industry in the United States of America has filed for bankruptcy."

"The entire exhibitions industry in the United States of America has filed for bankruptcy."

Jeffrey Katzenberg, American Producer

America, states, United

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"I haven't had a big hit record in America since 1987."

"I haven't had a big hit record in America since 1987."

Bonnie Tyler, Welsh Musician

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"Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem."

"Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem."

James Lovelock, English Scientist

America, Global warming

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