We have the most flexible and adaptive economy. Making sure we sustain the ability of the American economy to perform well is really the priority of economic policy.
I want to see the next Reagan. I want somebody who brings out the good in Americans and challenges us to aspire to that North Star, someone who wants to empower our families and individuals and communities and let them be free to achieve their dreams. That's what's going to make this country again.
The American dream comes from opportunity. The opportunity comes from our founding principles, our core values that's held together and protected by the Constitution. Those ideas are neither Republican, Democrat, conservative, liberal, white, or black. Those are American ideologies.
Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story.
We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people.
The American way is to not need help, but to help.
There is some group of Americans who are really, really curious to understand how we ended up at this point, where every week it seems like you can turn on your TV and see some sort of abuse being heaped on black people.
I think the American public wants to see a change. They want a fresh start.
All I'd like to say is that I am a patriotic, loyal American. I love my country and the values that it stands for. And I am a Muslim.
There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them.
You'd never know it from reading the rest of the Native writers, but Indians actually grew up with American pop culture.
I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am. My clients were little people fighting big corporations, so it was a natural thing to not only represent the little guy but also to pull for him - it's the American way.
America's leaders need to put their feet in the shoes of working Americans.
We want to add an American League pennant... and to bring the World Series to Arlington.
We need to remain a nation that doesn't just welcome but that celebrates legal immigrants who come here seeking to pursue the American Dream.
The 21st century is going to be the American century. Because we lead not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example. That is the history of the journey of America.
I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.
Watching President Obama apologize last week for America's arrogance - before a French audience that owes its freedom to the sacrifices of Americans - helped convince me that he has a deep-seated antipathy toward American values and traditions.
Americans who may be going to the largest embassy we've ever had.
Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken by illegal aliens.
All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man.
The campaign finance scandal in America is the global warming of American political life - with cash substituting for deadly solar radiation.
The white usurpation in our common country must be stopped, or we, its rightful owners, be forever destroyed and wiped out as a race of people. I am now at the head of many warriors backed by the strong arm of English soldiers. Choctaws and Chickasaws, you have too long borne with grievous usurpation inflicted by the arrogant Americans.
In Afghanistan, there is a plan to build democracy; hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to rebuild and reconstruct there. But many thousands of Americans die from violence and poverty every year and we don't have a plan for reconstruction at home.
Hyperloop One is the American Dream, and it's fast becoming an American reality.
American troops have not only occupied Ulster but are arriving in increasing numbers in England.
I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
I have American in-laws, and I care about the environment. We don't use disposable diapers, which, of course, creates an environmental problem of our own.
The government is keeping detailed records on how many Americans have carports. How many Americans have mold in their bathroom.
Social Security is a plan that actually was designed in a much different time, in a different era, and with a different set of American demographics in mind.
Next door to Ethiopia spreading out along the strategic Red Sea coastline is Eritrea, a relatively new country, and a place that few Americans seem to fully understand.
Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it.
Everyone must have a shot at the American Dream.
Over the years, I've worked for and alongside the American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association. That's because I am proud of our public school teachers - including my niece who teaches down in Louisiana - just as I am proud of our nation's education system.
The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history.
