#unite

The United States, per capita, at a certain period in its history, had the most junkies of any country ever in the world - right after the Civil War. The most brutal war, the greatest amount of casualties that America's ever had. ↗

— Al Lewis

#america #amount #any #brutal #capita

I feel most at home in the United States, not because it is intrinsically a more interesting country, but because no one really belongs there any more than I do. We are all there together in its wholly excellent vacuum. ↗

— Wyndham Lewis

#because #belongs #country #excellent #feel

Have you ever watched someone become American? Last week, at a national citizenship conference I organize, thirty immigrants from 17 countries swore an oath and became citizens of the United States. It was a stirring experience for the hundreds of people in the room. ↗

— Eric Liu

#became #become #citizens #citizenship #conference

Neither conscience nor sanity itself suggests that the United States is, should or could be the global gendarme. ↗

— Robert McNamara

#could #global #itself #neither #nor

John Wayne was one of the greatest ambassadors for the United States that ever lived. ↗

— Maureen O'Hara

#greatest #john #john wayne #lived #states

Our own State Department polls say that 80 percent of Iraqis view the United States as an unpopular occupier. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#iraqis #occupier #our #own #percent

Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu Ghraib, there have been increasing reports of torture. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#become #been #clear #custody #detainees

Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#cheney #given #ground #high #high ground

John Danforth, I thought, was a great senator and did a great job with the United Nations. I think he's a good man. I would respectfully disagree with that. ↗

— Ken Mehlman

#did #disagree #good #good man #great

One of the first things I did was interview the President of the United States. Some people work their whole lives and can't interview someone of that stature. ↗

— Maria Menounos

#first #first things #i #interview #lives