The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.
The American people do not want ambassadorships or any other position handed out to save a party money.
As Americans, we realize that there is no taxpayer money that wasn't first earned through the sweat and toil of one of our citizens.
I have always held the conviction that American citizens should keep as much of their hard-earned money as possible.
In the winter of 1973, the American POWs held captive in Vietnam were released according to the terms of the Paris Peace Accords.
American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region.
The deceit and distortion surrounding the American invasion of Vietnam is by now so familiar that it has lost its power to shock.
In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and emphatic division of governmental power for the very purpose of preventing unbridled majority rule.
Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts.
Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them.
I feel sad when I realize how much truth is being changed or obscured in the American media.
Bowling really was a big American sport in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and then it kind of died off in the '80s.
It was not long before I was struck with the idea that base ball was just the game for a national sport for Americans.
Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.
I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.
I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
I'm a big fan of cultural music, and that's how I try to expand my playing, by listening to music that is not conventionally American.
Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.
Probably millions of Americans got up this morning with a cup of coffee, a cigarette and a donut. No wonder they are sick and fouled up.
This morning in the Washington Post there was a statistic about how 85% of Americans are Christians.
The debate over same sex 'marriage' has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans.
