#united

The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is precisely what our movement was about. ↗

— John Hume

#civil #civil rights #civil rights movement #equality #movement

Bill, The United States is not a company. It is a country. ↗

— Stewart Alsop

#company #country #states #united #united states

I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of her as a human being, as a citizen of the United States, as a half of the people in whose hands lies the destiny of this Nation. ↗

— Susan B. Anthony

#being #citizen #destiny #half #hands

The fact is, almost every year since the founding of these United States, our government has lived beyond its means. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#beyond #every #fact #founding #government

It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

#especially #independent #independent movies #money #movies

Well, you know, they were - they were a terrorist group. They - when I was kidnapped they published all of their statements about their war that they declared on the United States. ↗

— Patty Hearst

#declared #group #i #kidnapped #know

The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between them. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#armies #between #british #british empire #building

Nothing prevents us from being and remaining the exponents of a united humanity, when we have a country of our own. To fulfill this mission we do not have to remain literally planted among the nations who hate and despise us. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

#being #country #despise #exponents #fulfill

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