#america

The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#act #african #african american #american #artists

I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#african-american women #american women #bottom #colour #get

Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government. ↗

— Harold Washington

#american #american history #democracy #federal #federal government

I'm here not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of Ellis Island immigrants, a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans and as one of millions of volunteers working to re-elect President Obama! ↗

— Kerry Washington

#afforded #african-american #college #could #ellis

New York is only 97 miles from Philadelphia but was the Big Time as no other American city has ever been. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#been #big #big time #city #ever

I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American. ↗

— Daniel Webster

#born #die #i #i was born #live

BP has finally acknowledged what the American people have been saying for weeks: It must take responsibility for its reckless conduct, clean up the Gulf and compensate the countless victims of the disaster it caused. ↗

— Peter Welch

#american #american people #been #caused #clean

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. ↗

— Henry Ford

#although #america #capacity #great #intellect

September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world. ↗

— Tom Ford

#america #had #moment #september #sympathy

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#find #interesting #large #life #like