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Letter "A" » America
«As long as our culture continues to fawn over its downward-aspiring lowest common denominators, the United States will remain a social and political punch line. As long as we continue tracking the every deed and fart of the Paris Hiltons and Kevin Federlines among us, we will continue to come out sixteenth best with regard to producing and introducing to the human race things of true substance worth appreciating for their aesthetic ingenuity.»
«Build up your creditBuild up your self esteemBuild up your bank accountMoving up in the sceneEveryone's living the American Dream so we canBuild up an armyAnd SMASH it to pieces!»
Author: Christine Anderson
(Pianist, Singer, Songwriter)
| About:
America,
American Dream,
Army,
Life,
Money,
Self-esteem
«A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.»
«He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all, he was more than the sum of his artistic parts.»
«America must raise an empire of permanent duration, supported upon the grand pillars of Truth, Freedom, and Religion, encouraged by the smiles of Justice and defended by her own patriotic sons.»
«America is not an elephant. For one thing, elephants never forget, whereas Americans don't really know much to begin with. Ninety per cent of them can't pick out their hometown on an unmarked map...We're bigger than they are and we're on top. If we were in prison, they'd be our bitch.»
«America has not led but fled on the issue of global warming.»
«America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the age of the Romans have one people achieved such preeminence. But we are not Romans; we do not seek an empire. We are Americans, trustees of a vision and a heritage that commit us to the values of democracy and the universal cause of human rights.»
Author: Senator John Kerry
(Senator)
| About:
America,
Democracy,
Human Rights,
Vision
| Keywords:
Romans, trustees
«[Reporter: How did you find America?] We turned left at Greenland.»
«Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood?the virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.»
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