United States Quotes

And after September the 11th, the United States Congress also granted me additional authority to use military force against al Qaeda. . . .

King Fahd was a man of wisdom and a leader who commanded respect throughout the entire world. He was a friend and strong ally of the United States for decades.

If Iraq fails to fully comply, the United States and other nations will disarm Saddam Hussein.

The United States does not torture.

The choice is his [Saddam Hussein's]. And if he does not disarm, the United States of America will lead a coalition and disarm him, in the name of peace.

It is a ridiculous notion to assert that because the United States is on the offense, more people want to hurt us. We are on the offense because people do want to hurt us.

And as a result of the United States military, Taliban no longer is in existence.

It's my first trip as president of the United States.

America is addicted to oil and increasing amounts of this oil comes from abroad. Some of the nations we depend on for oil have unstable governments or are hostile towards the United States.

My fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.

So it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.

This is my maiden voyage. My first speech since I was the president of the United States and I couldn't think of a better place to give it than Calgary, Canada.

All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: The United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you.

The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons.

Freedom of action in space is as important to the United States as air power and sea power.

The United States and rich countries cannot change Africa from within. It has to impose reform on Africa; it has to come from within.

One thing is clear: The Iraqi people are showing incredible courage. The United States of America must understand that it's in our interests that we help this democracy succeed.

I ended up being the 43rd president of the United States. It was an awesome experience, and I'm glad I did it.

In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.

This is a very difficult assignment for the United States, to hang in there and help this young democracy survive.

I believe that democracy will prevail, so long as the United States stays with these young democracies to help them.

I believe strongly that to whom much is given, much is required - we are a blessed nation - and that the United States could affect suffering in a positive way.

It's important that the United States not forget the lessons of September the 11th, 2001. I assure you, I'm not going to forget them.

My aim has been... to keep the United States... independent of all and under the influence of none.

Uniformity in the currency, weights, and measures of the United States is an object of great importance, and will, I am persuaded, be duly attended to.

There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.

Cuba was in some ways a de facto state of the United States before 1959, given its proximity and given its neocolonial status.

The Southerners are the only cooks in the United States. The real difference between the South and the North is that one enjoys itself getting dyspepsia and the other does not.

I am a Californian, and we have twice the individuality and originality of any people in the United States. We always get quite huffy when we are spoken of as merely Americans.

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. This is what makes American what it is.

The United States is very important, too important in the civilizational process of the world. It's difficult to move, to make a difference in establishments like the one the US represents.

Fair use is a part of United States copyright law. You don't know if it falls under fair use until you go to court. Someone has to sue you and then you have to challenge it.

Not a chance. I don't know what Sarah (Palen)'s doing, (but) I have no desire to be president of the United States, zero desire. I don't think that I would be electable.

The Nazis learned their propaganda from the progressive movement in the United States.

I do believe that, under the law, under the Constitution of the United States, and under our public policy, that women deserve and should have a right to enjoy equal employment opportunity.

It's a universal story, it's an immigrant story, and it's a love story. In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.

[Tomas] Jefferson believed that the United States was a chosen nation with a special responsibility to spread democracy around the world.

[John Adams' writings] had indicted the United States for slavishly copying the English constitution by erecting bicameral legislatures in their state constitutions, most drafted in 1776.

By the time [John Adams] came to write his Defence of the Constitutions of the United States in 1787 he had as dark a view of the American character as that of any critic in our history.

Instead of finding alternative energy sources, we try to subjugate entire regions of the world. People do not understand that by doing this, the United States are going to absolute ruin.

I love touring in the United States. It's dramatically different wherever you go. North to south you're going from snow to palm trees.

This decade holds many changes for the United States, but the greatest needs regarding America's productivity in the 1990s, are better education and employee training.

The course of the United States in World War II, I said, was dishonest, dishonorable, and ignominious, and the Sunpapers, by supporting Roosevelt's foreign policy, shared in this disgrace.

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian Businessman.

If I had my way, any man guilty of golf would be ineligible for any office of trust in the United States.

The common notion that free speech prevails in the United States always makes me laugh.

The majority of the Afghan people support a strategic partnership with the United States.

The fastest way to bring financial ruin upon yourself is to go for a drive in the United States without proof of insurance and current license and registration.

Because of the varroa mite, wild honey bees are now, for all practical purposes, extinct in the United States.

When I first came to the United States in 1956 I fell in love with things - mainly the vitality and the freedoms.