#united

My men and I have decided that our boss, the president of the United States, is as tough as woodpecker lips. ↗

— Charles A. Beckwith

#decided #i #lips #men #our

I am not one of those who believes—as Obama is said to believe—that a solution to the Palestinian statehood question would bring an end to Muslim resentment against the United States. (Incidentally, if he really does believe this, his lethargy and impotence in the face of Netanyahu's consistent double-dealing is even more culpable.) The Islamist fanatics have their own agenda, and, as in the case of Hamas and its Iranian backers, they have already demonstrated that nothing but the destruction of Israel and the removal of American influence from the region will possibly satisfy them. No, it is more the case that justice—and a homeland for the Palestinians—is a good and necessary cause in its own right. It is also a special legal and moral responsibility of the United States, which has several times declared a dual-statehood outcome to be its objective. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#barack-obama #benjamin-netanyahu #foreign-policy #hamas #iran

The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#because #come #gain #go #intimidating

When you look at the world, everyone in the world who cares about his or her family wants to have a major portion of their assets in the United States because we are the growth country and the freedom loving country. ↗

— Arthur Laffer

#assets #because #cares #country #everyone

You know, without China there is no Wal-Mart and without Wal-Mart there is no middle class and lower class prosperity in the United States. ↗

— Arthur Laffer

#class #know #lower #lower class #middle

Insurgents have capitalized on popular resentment and anger towards the United States and the Iraqi government to build their own political, financial and military support, and the faith of Iraqi citizens in their new government has been severely undermined. ↗

— Tom Lantos

#been #build #citizens #faith #financial

When I look at Social Security, I consider it the most important social program in the United States, arguably the most successful program in the world. ↗

— James A. Leach

#consider #i #important #look #most

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

The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government. ↗

— Peter Camejo

#government #iraq #puppet #setting #states

The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict. But our power and status have conferred upon us a tremendous responsibility to humanity. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#conferred #conflict #cure #disease #every