#erica

As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#america #celebrates #day #given #lives

Aquatic invasive species are destroying the environment, damaging fisheries, and costing American taxpayers billions of dollars annually. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#american taxpayers #annually #billions #costing #damaging

But the fact is, Mr. Chairman, for all the challenges the Postal Service of the 21st century faces, it still retains its traditional place as a key cog in how American businesses conduct their affairs and how Americans all across this land communicate. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#across #affairs #american #american businesses #businesses

Since far fewer people are recruited to serve in a voluntary military, the connection between America and its military is increasingly tenuous and less personal. ↗

— John McHugh

#between #connection #far #fewer #fewer people

I receive huge support from Irish and British sports fans alike and it is greatly appreciated. Likewise I feel I have a great affinity with the American sports fans. I play most of my golf in the U.S. nowadays and I am incredibly proud to have won the U.S. Open and U.S. PGA Championship in the last two years. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#alike #am #american #appreciated #british

The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears. ↗

— Ian Mckellen

#america #around #back #because #chin

As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the nation, America's unifying force has never been a specific faith, but a commitment to freedom - not least freedom of conscience. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#been #commitment #conscience #crucial #faith

The American system of political spending is so unregulated that it might make Adam Smith rethink free markets. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#american #free #free markets #make #markets

History tells us that America does best when the private sector is energetic and entrepreneurial and the government is attentive and engaged. Who among us, really, would, looking back, wish to edit out either sphere at the entire expense of the other? ↗

— Jon Meacham

#among #attentive #back #best #does

I've lived the American dream. I was born and raised on the farm, first in my family to graduate from college. I spent 13 years working in our family business. ↗

— Cathy McMorris

#american dream #born #business #college #dream