As polarized as we have been, we Americans are locked in a cultural war for the soul of our country.
Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition.
On the contrary, I tried on numerous occasions to convince the American president not to go to war. I did what was within my capabilities to avoid that happening.
The dramatic wish of Romanians at the end of the Second World War was to be occupied by the Americans and not by the Russians.
It seems as if Americans like to be the center of attention even after they're dead.
Although Americans justify their self-interest in moral terms, their true interest is never itself moral.
He never realized how noisy American silence was until all the gadgets died.
If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their attitude towards the City, as they call it - London, the people of the south.
Global political conditions make a direct American intervention difficult, but President Reagan's messianic and visceral attitude toward the Nicaraguan revolution could mean it will happen as an act of desperation.
If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.
Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.
Compassion is not defined in one form. There's no Indian compassion. There's no American compassion. It transcends nation, the gender, the age. Why? Because it is there in everybody. It's experienced by people occasionally.
Starting a new retirement plan for those below a certain age is something tens of millions of Americans have already been through at work.
For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves.
I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people.
Like most modern Americans, I assume individuality is not only a fundamental value, but a goal in life, an art form.
All I want to do is make sure that art is available to all Americans in a participatory way, whether you engage in the art process yourself or you're an audience member.
The best of American television is thought-provoking, original, brilliant, exciting - from 'The Sopranos' on, whether it's 'The Wire' or 'Breaking Bad' or 'House of Cards,' they're fantastic pieces of art.
Love of democracy can be likened to a mother's love for her son.It must be cherished,nurtured and protected for all of time
To find your true identity within the will of Tze Yo Tzuh...that is the highest of all freedoms.
Hey, you’re the one who can’t stand me being so close to you.
