#erica

Everything that everyone is afraid of has already happened: The fragility of capitalism, which we don't want to admit; the loss of the empire of the United States; and American exceptionalism. In fact, American exceptionalism is that we are exceptionally backward in about fifteen different categories, from education to infrastructure. ↗

— James Hillman

#admit #afraid #already #american #backward

I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe that something is wrong with the person. ↗

— James Hillman

#anything #believe #change #changes #i

I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from America for such a long time. It's called expatriate. ↗

— James Hillman

#away #called #deficiencies #had #i

America cannot turn its back on the economic future and women-owned businesses are part of that future. ↗

— Ruben Hinojosa

#back #businesses #cannot #economic #economic future

However, the Administration's plan to privatize Social Security will undermine retirement security for all Americans by cutting guaranteed benefits by more than 40 percent, and risky private accounts won't make up for the loss of benefits for millions of Americans. ↗

— Ruben Hinojosa

#administration #all americans #benefits #cutting #guaranteed

Right now, America's middle class is struggling to meet their basic needs. ↗

— Ruben Hinojosa

#basic #basic needs #class #meet #middle

Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime. ↗

— Alfred Hitchcock

#button #everytime #like #pops #push

One of the many problems with the American left has been its image as something rather too solemn, mirthless, herbivorous, dull, monochrome, righteous, and boring. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#been #boring #dull #image #left

I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#dictators #i #power #remove #should

The people who tend to raise antiwar slogans will do so generally when it's American or British interests involved. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#antiwar #british #generally #interests #involved