America is the spirit of human exploration distilled.

America is just downright mean.

America – a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

Millions of students now, in all the schools of America, are reading science fiction and especially, thank God, ‚The Martian Chronicles.‘

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.

Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies.

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.

The example that America knows how to govern itself is one of the compelling aspects of our national security.

Within the soul of America is freedom of mind and spirit in man. Here alone are the open windows through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit. Here alone is human dignity not a dream but an accomplishment. Perhaps it is not perfect, but it is more full in realization here than any other place in the world.

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.

I have dual citizenship, it just so happens I live in America.

In America, the professor talks to the mechanic. They are in the same category.

America… just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.

America is another name for opportunity.

America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.

Justice is expensive in America. There are no Free Passes… You might want to remember this, the next time you get careless and blow off a few Parking Tickets. They will come back to haunt you the next time you see a Cop car in your rear-view mirror.

If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans.

America thrived in the 20th century because we made high school free. We sent a generation to college. We cultivated the most educated workforce in the world.

Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.

The spirit of America has nurtured responsibility and community unlike any other country.

Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous.

We don’t want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels – men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

America means far more than a continent bounded by two oceans. It is more than pride of military power, glory in war, or in victory. It means more than vast expanse of farms, of great factories or mines, magnificent cities, or millions of automobiles and radios.

I believe with all my heart that America remains ‚the great idea‘ that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

Because of my parents‘ love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia – first by Hitler and then by Stalin.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

This dark diction has become America’s addiction.

The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot – and it’s only a question of time before all that the mind controls will run amuck in a frenzy of stupid, impotent fear.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

The magic of America is that we’re a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.

There’s not a liberal America and a conservative America – there’s the United States of America.

America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.

While victimhood in America is exalted, I don’t think our veterans should join those ranks.

The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.

America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.

In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances, invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth.

Chicago gave me more music than any other city in America.

America is not just a country, it’s an idea, and real Americans are getting busy.

I continue to care for President Obama and for his family. I think that in many ways they are very courageous people, and I honor that, because I know what it means to live as a black person in a racist America.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.

Choosing an attitude of faith will release peace out of your spirit and into your soul.

I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem – and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

I grew up in San Francisco. And so I’m informed in a certain kind of way about, you know, believing in democracy and believing in America. And I’m a very ardent patriot.

Oh yes, there’s lots of great food in America. But the fast food is about as destructive and evil as it gets. It celebrates a mentality of sloth, convenience, and a cheerful embrace of food we know is hurting us.

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.

In America, there’s a failure to appreciate Europe’s leading role in the world.

Here in England, everyone’s a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist.

Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives.