#state

After the Second World War, San Francisco was the main point of re-entry for sailors returning from the Pacific. Out at sea, many of these sailors had picked up amatory habits that were frowned upon back on dry land. So these sailors stayed in San Francisco . . . ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#san-francisco #united-states-navy #world-war-ii #world-war-ii

No commander was ever privileged to lead a finer force; no commander ever derived greater inspiration from the performance of his troops. ↗

— John J. Pershing

#miltary #the-great-war #united-states-military #world-war- #inspirational

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#religon #separation-of-church-and-state #inspirational

White House and State Department foreign-policy experts are overwhelmingly directed towards military and diplomatic issues, not development issues. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#development #diplomatic #directed #experts #house

It is a foregone opportunity that we could have a trillion dollars more of income for the United States if we were producing at capacity rather than falling so far short of it. ↗

— Peter Orszag

#could #dollars #falling #far #income

As a governor, I am naturally inclined to focus on the domestic side of protecting the United States. ↗

— Bill Owens

#am #domestic #focus #governor #i

In my time since moving to the United States, I've found that there is a dearth of great writing for black people. There are stories that depict us in a way that isn't cliched or niche, and that a white person, a Chinese person, an Indian person can watch and relate to. Those are the stories I want to be a part of telling. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#chinese #cliched #dearth #depict #found

The Constitution. . . illustrates the complexity of the American system: that it serves the interests of a wealthy elite, but also does enough for small property owners, for middle-income mechanics and farmers, to build a broad base of support. The slightly prosperous people who make up this base of support are buffers against the blacks, the Indians, the very poor whites. They enable the elite to keep control with a minimum of coercion, a maximum of law--all made palatable by the fanfare of patriotism and unity. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#united-states #unity

We can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the other possibilities. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#state

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#expects #free #ignorant #nation #never