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“The polarization of Congress; the decline of civility; and the rise of attack politics in the 1980s, the 1990s, and the early years of the new century are a blot on our political system and a disse...”
“The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined.”
“I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind and I cannot do anything else but write about it.”
“There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through.”
“Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.”
“A traitor is a betrayer - one who practices injury, while professing friendship. Benedict Arnold was a traitor, solely because, while professing friendship for the American cause, he attempted to i...”
“When you are honest in your comedy, you have to acknowledge the world that you're in. Through a comedic voice, you're talking about what needs to be talked about, whether it's race relations or pol...”
“Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.”
“My mom and dad were divorced, and although they got along very well, my mom thought American television was reprehensible, so I was raised on the BBC. I kind of agreed with her. We watched American...”
“My dad is Caucasian, and my mom is African American. I'm half black and half white. Being biracial paints a blurred line that is equal parts staggering and illuminating.”
“We were American citizens. We were incarcerated by our American government in American internment camps here in the United States. The term 'Japanese internment camp' is both grammatically and fact...”
“The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.”
“The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.”
“It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth.”
“American government is like a train on a track. You have the people on the left shouting you have the people on the right. But the train's on track. They just keep ploughing ahead. ”
“Neither the George W. Bush nor the Obama administrations volunteered to bail out G.M., Chrysler and other parts of the auto sector. Both subscribed firmly to the longstanding American principle tha...”
“I pity the French Cinema because it has no money. I pity the American Cinema because it has no ideas.”
“The American people do not want ambassadorships or any other position handed out to save a party money.”
“Immigration is not the top issue for Latinos. Latinos are like every other American - economy, jobs, healthcare, education.”
“To be sure, American higher education is a diverse ecosystem, comprising institutions of all sizes, price tags, and mission statements.”
