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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
Abraham Lincoln1809–1865
To those new States whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny.
John F. Kennedy1917–1963John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address (1961)
- Government
Wherever there’s injustice, oppression, and suffering, America will show up six months late and bomb the country next to where it’s happening.
POP. J. O'Rourke1947–2022Peace Kills: America’s Fun New Imperialism (2004)
- War & Peace
I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919Response when a dignitary asked if he could better control his daughter, as quoted in Hail to the Chiefs : My Life and Times with Six Presidents (1970) by Ruth Shick Montgomery, and TIME magazine (3 March 1980)
- Children
- Presidency
If we’re an arrogant nation, they’ll resent us. If we’re a humble nation, but strong, they’ll welcome us.
George W. Bushborn 1946Presidential debate (11 October 2000).
- Pride
America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused — preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.
George W. Bushborn 1946A Distinctly American Internationalism (November 1999)
- Power
Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
George W. Bushborn 19469/11 Address to the Nation (2001)
The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.
George W. Bushborn 1946George W. Bush’s First Inaugural Address (2001)
- Power
To all the men and women of the United States Armed Forces now in the Middle East, the peace of a troubled world and the hopes of an oppressed people now depend on you. That trust is well placed.
George W. Bushborn 1946Invasion of Iraq (March 2003)
- War & Peace
God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858), Part IV, John Alden.
- God
One country, one constitution, one destiny.
Daniel Webster1782–1852Speech (15 March 1837); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), p. 349
I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American!
Daniel Webster1782–1852Speech (July 17, 1850); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), p. 437
- Patriotism
The great privilege of the Americans does not consist in being more enlightened than other nations, but in being able to repair the faults they may commit.
Alexis de Tocqueville1805–1859Democracy in America, Volume I (1835), Chapter XIII (tr. Henry Reeve)
Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday… The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production.
Ayn Rand1905–1982The Ayn Rand Letter (1971–1976)
- Thanksgiving
We’ve become now an oligarchy instead of a democracy. And I think that’s been the worst damage to the basic moral and ethical standards of the American political system that I’ve ever seen in my life.
Jimmy Carter1924–2024Statement in an interview on SuperSoul Sunday with Oprah Winfrey, as quoted in “Jimmy Carter Tells Oprah America Is No Longer a Democracy, Now an Oligarchy” by Jon Levine, in .Mic (September 24, 2015)
- Democracy