Oregonians aren't the only ones who recognize the extraordinary service and sacrifice of their state's National Guard.
Ohio is one of only two states that have a minimum wage below the federal level of $5.15 an hour.
It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions.
The unemployment rate went down as I was governor of Massachusetts. We were losing jobs every month when I came into the state.
The avocado is native to the Mexican state of Puebla, which helps explain why it's so popular in Mexican cooking.
Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.
State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome.
I have to tell you that the innovation and the technology and the entrepreneurship of the world still lies in the United States of America.
The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to influence other countries.
The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out.
Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.
Americans try to talk about positive family values, although the actual state of things is disastrous.
Our recent 5-year labour agreements, in Canada as well as the United States, are based upon experience, logic and principle rather than on pressure, propaganda and force.
My background in financial services and my experience as a state representative have given me the ability to identify our country's fiscal problems and find steps to remedy them.
The key point to understand is that prosperity is an internal experience, not an external state, and it is an experience that is not tied to having a certain amount of money.
I love it in the States. The roads are big, the food is big. If it was possible to be in L.A. and still live my racing life, I would move now.
Usually, it is not my habit to address religious issues on the floor. I strongly believe in a person's right to religious freedom, as well as the separation of church and state.
Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States.
We have to recognize that the freedom of the individual has to be protected not only from the power of the state, but even more so from economic and societal power.
The United States gave me opportunities that my country of origin could not: freedom of the press and complete freedom of expression.
Women become the objects of rules; they are repressed and lose their rights in the name of religion, or they lose their freedom in the name of tradition, while the state legitimates this foolishness with laws.
