#american

We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States. ↗

— Kim Jong Il

#american people #friends #good #good friends #government

We in Congress need to support the American forces in every conceivable way, giving them the tools to continue to convert, capture or kill terrorists and the time to equip the Iraqi security forces. ↗

— Bob Inglis

#capture #conceivable #congress #continue #convert

The key battleground in the war on terrorism, therefore, is in the minds of the American public. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#american public #battleground #key #minds #public

This American Jewish music is a new experience for us at least consciously. ↗

— Neville Marriner

#consciously #experience #jewish #least #music

Before, we may have taken part in it without even thinking it was American Jewish, but in this case, I think, you have now perhaps pointed us in a direction of a new interest in this repertoire. ↗

— Neville Marriner

#before #case #direction #even #i

The American Race is marked by a brown complexion; long, black, lank hair; and deficient beard. ↗

— Samuel George Morton

#beard #black #brown #complexion #deficient

We cordially believe in the rights of property. We think that normally and in the long run the rights of humanity, coincide with the rights of property... But we feel that if in exceptional cases there is any conflict between the rights of property and the rights of man, then we must stand for the rights of man. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#human-rights #property-rights #dreams

I come home from work this evening there was a note in the frying pan said Fix Your Own Supper Babe I Run Off With The Fuller Brush Man Well I sat down at the table screamed & hollered & cried I commenced to carring on 'till I almost lost my mind and I miss the way she used to Yell At Me the way she used to Cuss & Moan and if I ever go out and get married again I'll never leave my wife at home The Frying Pan Diamonds In The Rough John Prine ↗

— John Prine

#endearing #frying-pan #fuller-brush-man #marriage #supper

The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites one family. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. The earth is sacred and men and animals are but one part of it. Treat the earth with respect so that it lasts for centuries to come and is a place of wonder and beauty for our children. ↗

— Extract from Chief Seattle.

#earth #man #native-american #nature #beauty

What flaw could you possibly find in his appearance?" "His posture," Hannah muttered. "What about it?" "He slouches." "He's an American. They all slouch. The weight of their wallets drags them over. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#humor #posture #wallets #humor