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There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. ↗

— O. Henry

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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object. ↗

— Patrick Henry

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The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend. ↗

— Katharine Hepburn

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No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

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The threat has changed from simply worrying about foreigners coming here, to worrying about people in the United States, American citizens - raised here, born here, and who for whatever reason, have decided that they are going to become radicalized and take up arms against the nation in which they were born. ↗

— Eric Holder

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The American people can be - and deserve to be - assured that actions taken in their defense are consistent with their values and their laws. ↗

— Eric Holder

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The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in an American courtroom. That's the reality. He will be killed by us, or he will be killed by his own people so he's not captured by us. We know that. ↗

— Eric Holder

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Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial. ↗

— Eric Holder

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Well, I think the American people have to understand that the Mexican government is committed, in a very substantial way, to eradicating the effect of the impact of the cartels on Mexico. We have - what are called vetted units down there. Units that have been vetted by our law enforcement people there, the people with whom we deal - primarily. ↗

— Eric Holder

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While he was in the service, in the South and in Oklahoma, he was refused service at a couple of places where he was in uniform, and was told that African Americans, blacks, Negros, were not served. And in spite of that, I've never known a man who loved this country more than my father did. ↗

— Eric Holder

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