Mercy Otis Warren Quotes

Every day, every year, and for every graduating class, there is a choice to be made, the same option for all grown-ups to make: to be one of three types of Americans — those who embrace liberty for all, those who won’t, or those who are indifferent — and only the first do the work of creating a more perfect union.

America was changing. I had a feeling of destiny and I was riding the changes... My consciousness was beginning to change, too, change and stretch.

I wasn’t astonished by Europe and I was never that impressed by the speed and grandeur of modern America

I've had a great time in South America and South Africa. Indeed it now seems that on this pair of wild hot continents I've enjoyed the most fruitful year of my life.

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

I have had my difficulties with the American legal system, and so I feel qualified to talk about it.

It was his belief that a witty answer turneth away wrath and that the oil of reason should always be poured on troubled waters.

The Security Council has not been able to implement its own resolutions because the five permanent members – instead of being a policeman – unfortunately what we’ve seen over the years, they’ve sort of turned into gangsters. This is the reality.

Proud bones such as yours the world finds rare;
These are the crags of a true eccentric.
You wield your brush like a roof beam, propelled by wine;
From out your bosom pour rugged rocks.

The European view point of exploitation of women in Europe compared to the African American women shows an inaccurate judgment.

American Dragon: Jake Long (Removed)

It's time for America to get right.

Whatever happens in the country, whatever warfare harasses our land, we will never relinquish our hold on Western learning. As long as this school of ours stands, Japan remains a civilized nation of the world.

The Americans insisted and we are not in a place where we can refuse them. We rely on them for planes and military equipment. What are we supposed to do? Tell them no?

Faced with the urgency of the Latin American situation, the Church denounces as insufficient those partial and limited measures which amount only to palliatives and in the long run actually consolidate an exploitative system.

Music played a large role in the survival of the black people in America — that and a sense of humor that just couldn't be enslaved.