#states

People in the United Kingdom and outside the United States share my bemusement with the United States that America doesn't share with itself. ↗

— Bill Hicks

#itself #kingdom #outside #people #share

The United States is a beautiful place, you know? ↗

— Billy Higgins

#beautiful place #know #place #states #united

Having grown up in Oklahoma when it was one of the last states which prohibited liquor, I grew up with War On Drugs, where every teenager knew who the bootleggers were. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#grew #grown #having #i #knew

Everything that everyone is afraid of has already happened: The fragility of capitalism, which we don't want to admit; the loss of the empire of the United States; and American exceptionalism. In fact, American exceptionalism is that we are exceptionally backward in about fifteen different categories, from education to infrastructure. ↗

— James Hillman

#admit #afraid #already #american #backward

Any decision to use lethal force against a United States citizen - even one intent on murdering Americans and who has become an operational leader of al-Qaida in a foreign land - is among the gravest that government leaders can face. ↗

— Eric Holder

#among #any #become #citizen #decision

We're only one of a few states that have maintained our Triple-A bond rating from the major rating agencies. ↗

— Bob Holden

#bond #few #maintained #major #only

Here in the United States, we have between 250 and 300 years of a coal supply. That is more than the amount of recoverable oil contained in the entire world. ↗

— Tim Holden

#between #coal #contained #entire #entire world

Guantanamo is a chief recruiting tool for al-Qaida. It has put a wedge between the United States and at least some of its allies. ↗

— Eric Holder

#between #chief #guantanamo #least #put

I actually think that the dotting of the i's and the crossing of the t's is what separates the United States, the United Kingdom, our allies, from those who we are fighting. ↗

— Eric Holder

#allies #crossing #fighting #i #kingdom

I'm not going to let people who work in the United States Department of Justice have their characters be assailed without any basis. ↗

— Eric Holder

#assailed #basis #characters #department #going