I think a lot of Americans are not sure which side Washington is on: the side of banks or the side of the people.
The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master.
My grandparents bowed to the Americans and sought to learn from them. My parents sought to be them.
Any time the United States government turns over an American citizen, including military personnel, to the government of another country, it is in our nature to want to make sure that they receive the best treatment, the fairest treatment, and the most humane treatment.
Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media can't be counted upon to provide it.
The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.
The average Jordanian has much in common with the average American in terms of the values that we share, the fact that we all value the family unit, our work ethic.
I love Ralph Lauren, just as a designer. I still think he could make some better sizes with his clothes, but I like the idea of his classic American style.
People were floored when they saw that the underwear bomber, after less than 50 minutes of interrogation, was given the rights, privileges, and immunities of an American citizen under the Constitution.
It is indefensible that IRS Commissioner Koskinen has not been held accountable for failing to meet his legal obligations. This is exactly what the American people are tired of when they say that our government is on the wrong track.
One in 5 Americans is touched by the Red Cross every single year.
Identity theft is a serious crime that affects millions of Americans each year.
Every day more Americans watch their jobs being shipped overseas.
I applied to American Repertory School up at Harvard at got in.
I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful, you first have to have the courage to go for it.
You see, as Americans we're not defined by class, and we will never be told our place. What makes our nation exceptional is that anyone, from any background, can climb the highest of heights.
Herbert Hoover versus Al Smith in 1928 was one of the dirtiest elections in American history.
I went to public schools, and while Gary was, like most American cities, racially segregated, it was at least socially integrated - a cross section of children from families of all walks of life.
Come to find out, the Russians were never afraid of the Americans. They weren't raised with the terror that we were by our government. I was struck by how our government misled us for so many years.
We do not need an immigration policy that displaces American workers or American students and drives up costs in education.
Most Americans acquire dogs impulsively and for dubious reasons: as a Christmas gift for the kids. Because they saw one in a movie. To match the new living-room furniture. Because they moved to the suburbs and see a dog as part of the package.
I think aging and maturing is really interesting, and it's a shame that Americans are so panicky and paranoid about it.
Of all the American educational system's problems, none is more severe than the academic year beginning before Labor Day.
It's shortsighted not to view the education of a future generation of Americans as a priority for all Americans.
Most magazines have become wallpaper, they're all the same, all the same celebrities. It's really an abysmal time in American journalism right now. But occasionally one story or two will pop out.
As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later.
The American president has a peculiar leadership responsibility to speak out for freedom.
New, unfamiliar, and mysterious threats to our health are scary. At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - where we identify, on average, one new health threat each year - we work around the clock with an approach that prioritizes finding out what we need to know as fast as we can to protect Americans.
The world has devolved into a much more hardened and lethal place since that devastating September morning when Islamists assassinated nearly 3,000 Americans in the worst terror attack on U.S. soil.
Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.
More and more Americans are asking about the price that we have to pay when Wal-Mart comes into a community, treats workers poorly, violates immigration laws and squashes small businesses.
Big and oppressive government has long been the enemy of freedom, something black Americans know all too well.
In Australia, we point out a person's weaknesses as a way of saying 'I see you and I accept you'. If you do that with Americans, they instantly take offence.
Other than being crazy enough to press a button, there is nothing that Putin can do militarily to fundamentally alter American interests.
During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities.
Look, I think the public generally understands that what's at stake in Afghanistan is American security, number one.
