States Quotes - page 5

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union. (George Mason)
The normal profits of a business concern in the United States are six, eight, ten, and sometimes twelve percent. But war-time profits -- ah! that is another matter -- twenty, sixty, one hundred, three hundred, and even eighteen hundred per cent -- the sky is the limit. View quote
Smedley Butler
The national religion in the United States is worship of all things military. And journalists are its high priests. View quote
Glenn Greenwald
Often, even after years, mental states once present in consciousness return to it with apparent spontaneity and without any act of the will; that is, they are reproduced involuntarily. View quote
Hermann Ebbinghaus
I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money. View quote
Arthur Godfrey
The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam. View quote
Barack Obama
We must build a kind of United States of Europe. View quote
Winston Churchill
If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don't care for human beings. View quote
Nelson Mandela
God has opened many doors of opportunity throughout my lifetime, but I believe the greatest of those doors was allowing me to be born in the United States of America. View quote
Ben Carson
The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom. View quote
John Locke
United States: .... A nation given either to unjustified over-enthusiasms or infantile furies. (John Ralston Saul)
The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue. View quote
Manuel Puig
I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized. View quote
Manuel Puig
I would say the issue for the labor movement in the United States is not structural... there is no correlation between the success of workers and how the labor movement is structured. View quote
Andy Stern
Our reports about civilian casualties here, about the resistance of the Iraqi forces, are going back to the United States. It helps those who oppose the war when you challenge the policy to develop their arguments. View quote
Peter Arnett
The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same. View quote
Stephen Ambrose
It devolves upon the United States to help motorize the world. View quote
Walter Chrysler
I have often heard it said that the United States is isolated and is not interested in European affairs. I assure you that this is not the case. View quote
Frank B. Kellogg
The fact that so many of your people are today residents and citizens of the United States, lending their influence to our civic and economic life, which has meant so much to our development. View quote
Frank B. Kellogg
I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of Good Work and Good Citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement. (Howard Gardner)
In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war. View quote
Arthur Henderson
The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between them. View quote
Arthur Henderson
Voices were heard from the United States of America which made it clear that America wanted a peaceful and united Europe as a basis for mutual cooperation. View quote
Gustav Stresemann
The idea that UN commitments should be followed by action is indeed a radical one, especially for the United States, where wilful neglect of its own commitments is the rule. View quote
Jeffrey D. Sachs