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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)

I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic. (Quote by - Andy Warhol)

Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display. (Quote by - Jerry Rubin)

America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to "the common good", but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes. (Quote by - Ayn Rand)

It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it. (Quote by - Andy Warhol)

My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. (Quote by - John Fitzgerald Kennedy)

Your worst enemies are made when you ignore people. Those boys in America who shot dead classmates recently, didn't do that because they woke up with a positive self image that morning and then felt like slaughtering their friends. No, they felt igno. (Quote by - Tori Amos)

One of the best kept secrets in America is that people are aching to make a commitment, if they only had the freedom and environment in which to do so. (Quote by - John Naisbitt)

The United States remains the last best hope for a mankind plagued by tyranny and deprivation. America is no stronger than its people -- and that means you and me. Well, I believe in you, and I believe that if we work together, then one day we will say, "We fought the good fight. We finished the race. We kept the faith." And to our children and our children's children, we can say, "We did all what could be done in the brief time that was given us here on earth.". (Quote by - Ronald Reagan)

Bring me men to match my mountains, Bring me men to match my plains, Men with empires in their purpose, And new eras in their brains. (Quote by - Unattributed Author)

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)

I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me. (Quote by - Muhammad Ali)

What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from.". (Quote by - Marilyn vos Savant)

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another. (Quote by - Richard M. Nixon)

All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution. (Quote by - William Jennings Bryan)

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!. (Quote by - Patrick Henry)

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through. (Quote by - Alexis de Tocqueville)

The American people, taken one with another, constitute the most timorous, sniveling, poltroonish, ignominious mob of serfs and goose-steppers ever gathered under one flag in Christendom since the end of the middle ages. (Quote by - Henry Louis Mencken)

America - It is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the only place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time. (Quote by - Thomas Wolfe)

There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one. (Quote by - Alexis de Tocqueville)

We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America. (Quote by - Dan Quayle)

In America, our origins matter less than our destination, and that is what democracy is all about. (Quote by - Ronald Reagan)

I earnestly pray that the Omnipotent Being who has not deserted the cause of America in the hour of its extremest hazard, will never yield so fair a heritage of freedom a prey to "Anarchy" or "Despotism". (Quote by - George Washington)

France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are ''made in America.''. (Quote by - Helen Rowland)

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America. (Quote by - Lyndon B. Johnson)

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