5,300 Quotes About America
- Author Thomas Jefferson
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No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren, talents equal to those of the other colors of men, and that the appearance of a want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa & America.
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- Author Charles P. Pierce
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America's always been a great place to be crazy. It just used to be harder to make a living that way.
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- Author Arthur Miller
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I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart! I never knew what pretence Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men! And now you bid me tear the light out of my eyes! I will not, I cannot! You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!
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- Author Steven Magee
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It takes a crazy person to understand a crazy nation!
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- Author Kailin Gow
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The most successful people in history were made fun of, called "crazy", hated on, and ridiculed...because people didn't want to think a normal person like them could be successful. Thank God they didn't listen to the haters, because how else would the Founding Fathers of America establish America? - Kailin Gow, The American Adventure TV Series
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- Author Wayne Chirisa
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Strength through unification is unattainable when discord is more prevalent than the well intended course of action.
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- Author Geoffrey Wood Grimrack An Infernal Epistolary
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In general, it’s not too hard to corrupt an American, mostly a matter of supply to their demand. Supply should be variegated to encourage the Illusion of Choice. Other than that they’re looking for numbness, so be ready to sedate. Drugs, booze, television, shopping, etc…
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- Author Rebecca Solnit
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Eduardo Galeano notes that America was conquered, but not discovered, that the men who arrived with a religion to impose and dreams of gold never really knew where they were, and that this discovery is still taking place in our time.
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- Author Bill Byrson
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Finally, this being America, there is the constant possibility of murder.
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