#erica

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

The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life. ↗

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

#american life #any #destructive #force #left

Since I have come to America, I am often asked whether my next novel will be set in America. I don't think it will. I think I will be living in America for some time to come, but while living in America, I would like to write about Japanese society from the outside. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#am #america #asked #come #i

They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that. ↗

— Audie Murphy

#any #could #freedom #french #melody

And freedom is what America means to the world. ↗

— Audie Murphy

#freedom #means #world

I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there. ↗

— Cillian Murphy

#burning #certainly #i #like #live

It's not the first time that I speak with American journalists. I've had meetings with many different newspapers and stations, and I've ha - never had a problem with meeting with American journalists. ↗

— Hassan Nasrallah

#different #first #first time #had #i