#eric

My feeling about him is that the America that we have today, the freedoms we enjoy and the privileges we have, are really the reflection of Abe Lincoln's convictions, his vision, and his toughness. ↗

— Gregory Peck

#about #america #convictions #enjoy #feeling

What I want the Congress of the United States to do, and frankly what I would like to see the President of the United States of America do, is speak a word of support to the people of Iran. ↗

— Mike Pence

#congress #frankly #i #iran #like

I have an immigrant story. Most people come here for economic reasons, or religious reasons, or racial reasons, or gender reasons, or one of those things. I had a good job in Paris, but America was, and still is, the golden fleece. And I've done very well! ↗

— Jacques Pepin

#come #done #economic #gender #golden

Non-citizen terrorist suspects are not members of the American national community, and they have no proper claim on the rights Americans accord one another. ↗

— Richard Perle

#american #another #claim #community #members

America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#avoid #founded #land #taxation

If a catastrophic event wipes out a large portion of House members, America needs to know this body, elected by the people, will be quickly and legally reconstituted and will continue to function. ↗

— Charles W. Pickering

#body #by the people #catastrophic #continue #elected

As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it because we're too afraid to really examine the system, or is it because we really truly believe that this is the best way to deter future crime? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#american #because #believe #best #best way

The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured in the debates during the Enlightenment and during the framing of the American Constitution. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#between #book #connections #constitution #debates

America is a nation fundamentally ambivalent about its children, often afraid of its children, and frequently punitive toward its children. ↗

— Letty Cottin Pogrebin

#afraid #ambivalent #america #children #frequently

I love the script and I just thought it was a great role. Like I say, it's like this - the script is like this sad, funny, desperate love song to the lost American man. ↗

— Oliver Platt

#desperate #funny #great #i #i love