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Letter "S" » States
«The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced»
Author: Frank Zappa
(Composer, Guitarist, Satirist, Song Writer)
| About:
America and Americans
| Keywords:
badly, enforced, enforces, enforcing, Laws, nation state, randomly, States, the United States, united, United States
«We have no more right to put our discordant states of mind into the lives of those around us and rob them of their sunshine and brightness then we have to enter their houses and steal their silverware»
Author: Julia Moss Seton
| About:
Temper
| Keywords:
brightness, discordant, enter, houses, rob, silverware, States, steal, sunshine
«To secede from the Union and set up another government would cause war. If you go to war with the United States, you will never conquer her, as she has the money and the men. If she does not whip you by guns, powder, and steel, she will starve you to»
Author: Sam Houston
(General, Lawyer, Politician)
| About:
War
| Keywords:
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«To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.»
Author: George W. Bush
(President)
| About:
America and Americans
| Keywords:
awarded, awarding, awards, distinctions, honours, President, President of, President of the, President of the United, President of the United States, received, States, students, The C, the United States, united, United States, well-done
«The United States government must not undertake to run the Churches. When an individual, in the Church or out of it, becomes dangerous to the public interest he must be checked.»
«Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.»
Author: Dave Barry
(Humorist, Writer)
| About:
Popularity
| Keywords:
bullet, catch, catch on, count, increasing, metric, millimeter, nines, popularity, States, system, thus
«The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.»
Author: George W. Bush
(President)
| Keywords:
allies, determined, refuse, States, The Shadow, the United States, united, United States
«War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.»
Author: Martin Luther
(Priest, Scholar)
| About:
War
| Keywords:
afflict, afflicting, destroys, families, Great Plague, Great War, humanity, plague, Plague The, plaguing, preferable, scourge, scourged, scourges, scourging, States, state of war, to it
«The United States is unique because we are an empire of ideals.»
Author: Ronald Reagan
(President)
| Keywords:
Empire, Empire of, Empire State, ideals, States, The Empire State, the United States, unique, united, United States
«The United States is like giant boiler. Once the fire is lighted under it, there is no limit to the power it can generate.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| Keywords:
After the Fire, boiler, fire, Fire I, fire up, firing, generate, generating, giant, lighted, limit, My state, No limit, once, other states, power, States, stating, take fire, There is no, the fire, The Power, the United States, to the limit, to the power, under, under fire, under it, united, United States, uniting
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