#american

I suppose there's a melancholy tone at the back of the American mind, a sense of something lost. And it's the lost world of Thomas Jefferson. It is the lost sense of innocence that we could live with a very minimal state, with a vast sense of space in which to work out freedom. ↗

— George Will

#back #could #freedom #i #innocence

Look, three love affairs in history, are Abelard and Eloise, Romeo and Juliet and the American media and this President at the moment. But this doesn't matter over time. Reality will impinge. If his programs work, he's fine. If it doesn't work, all of the adulation of journalists in the world won't matter. ↗

— George Will

#affairs #american #american media #fine #his

Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese. ↗

— George Will

#apple #apple pie #cheese #frozen #pessimism

The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community. ↗

— Saul Williams

#african-american community #always #aware #because #been

I would go to school and be American and then come home and be Greek. ↗

— Rita Wilson

#come #go #greek #home #i

The Beltway media went into caroming-off-the-walls hysterics over Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, whipping itself into a flaming casserole even as Clinton's standing with the American people remained upright and firm, so to speak. ↗

— James Wolcott

#american people #beltway #bill #bill clinton #clinton

The American Dream, coupled with government subsidies of utilities and cheap consumer goods courtesy of slave labour somewhere else, has kept the poor huddled masses from rising up. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#american dream #cheap #consumer #coupled #courtesy

I believe the most important aspect of Medicare is not the structure of the program but the guarantee to all Americans that they will have high quality health care as they get older. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#aspect #believe #care #get #guarantee