The United States exists as a sovereign nation. 'America,' in contrast, exists as a myth of democracy and equal opportunity to live by, or as an ideal goal to reach.
Bharati Mukherjee
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MIKE MEDAVOY People in the U.K. share my bemusement with the United States that America doesn't share with it... BILL HICKS There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of Amer... BARACK OBAMA We as a Navy and a nation cannot maintain a workforce that is configured for a world that no longer ... DONALD WINTER It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON America's Next Shuffle Cat contest proved to be not only entertaining, but a rare chance for me ... HANNAH SIMONE The United States Senate wasn't designed to be a majority-rule institution. It was designed to i... OLYMPIA SNOWE America is a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of people who never emigrate. Notably, Am... IVAN KRASTEV The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn't have a penny. It was in the middl... BEN SHAHN The world has witnessed shameful acts committed by people who represent the United States in Iraq. N... BARBARA MIKULSKI I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectiv... JIMMY CARTER As hurricanes Katrina and Rita raged through the southeastern United States last summer, much of Ame... RICK RENZI There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. T... BARACK OBAMA as close to a betrayal of the interests of the United States as I've ever witnessed in the United St... ROBERT TORRICELLI In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well. VINCE MCMAHON I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitmen... SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its r... DANIEL AKAKA I have always thought that Israel, as an independent and sovereign nation, had a right to defend its... DON NICKLES Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book. STéPHANE MALLARMé With the exceptional care provided by well-trained staff and the superior technology we have at our ... AL TAYLOR Unions did in fact build the middle class. And here's what that did. That built the United State... JOE BIDEN America is big enough to accommodate differences of opinion and practice on religious and social bel... GARY JOHNSON As citizens of the United States, we are stewards of this magnificent thing called democracy. MARIANNE WILLIAMSON Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the... ULRICH BECK The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want. F. SCOTT FITZGERALD And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade ... CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS The work is very relevant to Mars because we know the surface of Mars is as dead as a doornail and a... CHRIS MCKAY Strive to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now & the goal you intend to reach. DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I stand here today as hopeful as ever that the United States of America will endure, that it will pr... BARACK OBAMA We shouldn't discuss the world of tomorrow in terms of becoming a balance to the United States. ... JOSCHKA FISCHER My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exi... STEPHEN HAWKING Discovering L.A., in particular in the early '80s, was pretty spectacular; it was fun and carefr... ZACH GALLIGAN Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists i... ALAN BALL I live in Europe and care about democracy and sovereignty of nation states there. VACLAV KLAUS Middle America believes in fair play, an equal opportunity to succeed or to fail. MARK MCKINNON Both referred to the Affordable Care Act, which is the accurate title of the health care reform law,... DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability ... IDA B. WELLS The work of these women doesn't end when they return home from overseas, as one goal of the Peac... ELAINE CHAO Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to ... EARL NIGHTINGALE It's our goal to reach an agreement as quickly as possible. DOUG KILLIAN Fiction is an elemental force, which has the power to shape reality in its own image - or images, I ... RUTH OZEKI I'm obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as 'a cit... OS GUINNESS exists for him chiefly as a body in a sequence of hotel rooms. NEIL GAIMAN The United States, as a government, has been out of the business of financing infrastructure in Lati... CLAUDIO LOSER 'The Great Gatsby,' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, remains the most perfect novel that has ever com... FRANK DELANEY As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining th... RANDALL KENNEDY I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democr... RICHARD ARMITAGE There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don't believe exists in an... DAN SIMMONS As Americans after 9/11, we're much more united, together as a nation, and we got stronger, bett... YAKOV SMIRNOFF You are twice as likely to be struck by lightning as you around to be affected by a terrorist event ... JOE BIDEN I myself have been particularly careful never to say a civil word to the United States. I have scoff... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW I like to think of myself as an equal opportunity offender. 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