#united states

The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty, and inspired our forefathers to shed their blood for the United States' independence, cannot die. Today, this spirit of solidarity must and will empower all of us to rebuild Haiti. ↗

— Jean-Bertrand Aristide

#black #blood #cannot #colombia #die

What are the implications of a China that may be on nuclear parity with the United States? ↗

— Charles Foster Bass

#implications #may #nuclear #parity #states

I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future. ↗

— Maurice Ashley

#ambassador #bigger #bring #chess #events

We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the turquoise seas of the tropics. ↗

— Dan Aykroyd

#district #fields #lake #most #most beautiful

If today is your typical day in America, 80 of our fellow citizens will die from gunfire. In the last two weeks, more Americans have died from gunfire here at home in the United States than in the entire war in Iraq since it started. ↗

— Michael D. Barnes

#citizens #day #die #died #entire

It there any nation that acknowledges its errors and its sins and its crimes and the things it has done that are not consistent with its principles more than the United States? No, there is not. ↗

— Bill Bennett

#consistent #crimes #done #errors #more

I think the United States is way behind the times. ↗

— Christopher Atkins

#i #i think #states #think #times

It's only in the United States that they make a big deal about nudity. ↗

— Christopher Atkins

#big #big deal #deal #make #nudity

In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. ↗

— Richard Bach

#christmas #idea #states #united #united states

I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems. ↗