#eric

In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#approval #jefferson #knew #noted #place

It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#compatible #cultures #democracy #germany #important

England and America are two countries separated by the same language. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#countries #england #language #same #separated

I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants and a bare torso could speak profound things. ↗

— Ted Shawn

#bare #brown #could #i #man

I'm very aware when I'm speaking to the English of how flat my Mid-Atlantic American voice is. ↗

— Martin C. Smith

#aware #english #flat #how #i

I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other people's agendas - not right now, when America is going through such a recession and people are suffering across the board financially. But I think all that will change. ↗

— Patti Smith

#across #afghan #agendas #america #board

We are America; we don't torture. And the moment that is not the case, I want off the train. ↗

— Shepard Smith

#case #i #moment #off #torture

I do not think white America is committed to granting equality to the American Negro. This is a passionately racist country; it will continue to be so in the foreseeable future. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#american #committed #continue #country #equality

I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture. ↗

— Tabitha Soren

#american culture #culture #disappointed #i #surprised

I believe in an America in which the fruits of productivity and prosperity are shared by all, by workers as well as owners, by those at the bottom as well as those at the top; an America in which the sacrifices required by national security are shared by all, by profiteers in the back offices as well as volunteers on the front lines. ↗

— Theodore C. Sorensen

#back #believe #bottom #front #fruits