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My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#america #around #backgrounds #bilingual #come

To become an American citizen, we require people to read, write and speak in English. That is to help them to assimilate in our melting pot, truly to become Americans. We mock that when the cherished right to vote does not involve English any more. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#american citizen #any #assimilate #become #cherished

We discussed the history of postwar Japan and how Japan had missed an opportunity to build a more functional democracy because of the focus on fighting communism driven in large part by the American occupation. ↗

— Joichi Ito

#because #build #communism #democracy #discussed

It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#constitution #country #established #everyone #extend

The fabric of existence weaves itself whole. ↗

— Charles Ives

#fabric #itself #whole

There's definitely a wave of Brits doing great work on American television, and I wouldn't mind being one of them! ↗

— Rob James-Collier

#american television #being #brits #definitely #doing

I think in order to keep America great, we have to keep America creative. ↗

— LL Cool J

#creative #great #i #i think #keep

We're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference. ↗

— LL Cool J

#awareness #big #big difference #cancer #difference

America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#blanket #cloth #color #thread #woven

I just find the evangelical church too, well, restrictive. But the School of Practical Philosophy is nonconfrontational. We believe there are many forms of Scripture. What is true is true and will never change, whether it's in the Bible or in Shakespeare. It's about oneness. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#believe #bible #change #church #evangelical