Quotes of: State-department Keyword

The people of the United States will do anything for Latin America, except read about it.

Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting

One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library..

Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem

I hoped Claire would have a girl. A nephew would be fun until he got his first erection and then he'd be like the rest of them.

A State of Jane

In effect, nobody who is not from the losing classes has ever been thrust into a death cell in these United States.

Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays

You might have liked the United States more,”” she said. “They’ve got more stuff. And if your spaceship is broken, they can probably fix it better.

Lagoon

There is no such thing as notoriety in the United States these days, let alone infamy. Celebrity is all.

For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports

I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.

Tocqueville: Democracy in America

If someone says there's a portal to hell under some rocks, you bet your ass I'm going to move them.

Paranormal State: My Journey into the Unknown

Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.

Writings: Autobiography/Notes on the State of Virginia/Public & Private Papers/Addresses/Letters

I think that Governor Romney needs to talk about the fact that what he tried to do in the state of Massachusetts was him seeing what could be best for his state, but maybe it didn't work out as well.

Allen West

The United States is the world's best hope, but if you fetter her in the interests and quarrels of other nations, if you tangle her in the intrigues of Europe, you will destroy her power for good and endanger her very existence.

Henry Cabot Lodge

In its best prewar year, Europe with almost 300 million people had a gross national product of 150 billion dollars. In that same year, the United States with 150 million people had a gross national product of 300 billion dollars.

Paul Hoffman

At one time he [Cornelius Vanderbilt] personally controlled some 10 percent of all the money in circulation in the United States.

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

President is a curious term for the American head of state, because "presiding" in any meaningful sense is the one thing the president of the United States does do.

Garrett Epps

I'm Chinese-American, of course, and so it's very interesting to see China actually launch their own astronauts, becoming the third nation, following the United States and Russia, to do so.

Leroy Chiao

If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.

Omar Bongo

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.

Oliver North

What is the purpose of public service? It's to solve problems for the people you represent and certainly in the United States Senate, thinking about your state and thinking about your country as well.

Olympia Snowe

Facebook has more than 1 billion members, which by population makes it the third largest country in the world—somewhere between India and the United States. Who’s sending missionaries to that country? Who’s planting churches there?

Phil Cooke

It is a foregone opportunity that we could have a trillion dollars more of income for the United States if we were producing at capacity rather than falling so far short of it.

Peter Orszag

I think that although we say we don't want to be the policeman of the world and et cetera, when 911 is dialed, it's the United States that has to answer the call.

Richard Armitage