• Categories
  • America Quotes   487
  • I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest problems that we're facing right now have to do with [the president] trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all. And that's what I intend to reverse when I'm President of the United States of America.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , America Quotes , Trying Quotes
  • The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans' privacy. But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we're getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Al Franken Quotes , Knowing Quotes , America Quotes
  • In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Europe Quotes , America Quotes
  • I like the Americans for a great many reasons. I like them because even the modern thing called industrialism has not entirely destroyed in them the very ancient thing called democracy. I like them because they have a respect for work which really curbs the human tendency to snobbishness.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , America Quotes , Democracy Quotes
  • I want to tell you how proud I am to be the President of a nation that - in which there's a lot of Philippine-Americans. They love America and they love their heritage. And I reminded the President that I am reminded of the great talent of the - of our Philippine-Americans when I eat dinner at the White House.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , White Quotes , America Quotes
  • The role of Ronald Reagan had been deliberately diminished; the role of the Europeans, who, with the exception of Helmet Kohl, were often keen to undermine America when it mattered, had been sanitized; and the role of Mr. Gorbachev, who had failed spectacularly in his declared objective of saving communism and the Soviet Union, had been absurdly misunderstood.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Margaret Thatcher Quotes , America Quotes , Misunderstood Quotes
  • The ability of Republican leaders to rile up their base - helped along by folks like Rush Limbaugh, some commentators on Fox News - I think created an environment in which Republican voters would punish Republicans for cooperating with me. That hothouse of back-and-forth argument and - and really sharp partisanship I think has been harmful to America.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Thinking Quotes , America Quotes