Right now, when we're hearing so much disturbing and hateful rhetoric, it is so important to remember that our diversity has been - and will always be - our greatest source of strength and pride here in the United States.
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GEORGE TAKEI The government of the United States is and always has been a lawyer's government. CHAUNCEY DEPEW So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laught... ZORA NEALE HURSTON Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like jo... CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR Dell continues to make investments in facilities, employees and communities here in the United State... KEVIN ROLLINS So it's a source of fun and a source of pride to have been a part of this little movie that coul... BLAIR UNDERWOOD Iraqis were able to vote right here in the United States, so why can't we do it? MALCOLM SUBER We feel it is our time to shine, and now we can make the most of this as we try to qualify for the O... TANITH BELBIN The United States is in a time of transition. Courts have redefined marriage, and beliefs about huma... 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HOWARD DEAN To have CSC here is very important because we have an American sponsor, ... This team has a certain ... BJARNE RIIS To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is... NORMAN THOMAS Who we are and what we do reflects on us, our past has not been put to the past if we do not accept ... GARY F EVANS... Our e-mail, [as is] typical of most companies in the United States, was not tightly managed from day... LARRY HAWKINS I'm very close to thinking the United States shouldn't be in Basel any more. I would not hav... JAMIE DIMON On foreign policy, President Obama has kept our nation safe from terrorism and restored our standing... CHUCK SCHUMER We only need so much to survive, but this world we live in tells us we need more stuff to be happy. ... WAYNE DYER Obviously, ... politically in the United States there has been such a drift to the right that hasn't... 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It ranks with love as our greatest source of joy, and with death as our gr... JOE MOORE My strength is my pride. My pride is my heart. And my heart will always be mine and mine alone. IMANIA MARGRIA Our life ripples out, and it has influence. That's why it's important that we're at our ... VICTORIA OSTEEN He is absolutely our hero. He always has been and he always will be. He died doing something he stro... DEIRDRE OSTLUND I think it is embarrassing that in the United States so many people were and are ready to give up on... KRISTEN CATALANOTTO Our number one priority is public safety, and that hasn't changed. But the cost is what it is. A dep... ELLIOT COHEN We've been trained since kindergarten: Be nice, be kind, share, put on a smile. So we're con... BRYAN CRANSTON I've been in California for about 15 years now. You're always in your car and insulated. I m... JIMMY SMITS Barack Obama was not born into wealth or privilege, yet today his is president of these United State... KEN SALAZAR Mosquito control in the United States is very much a local and state activity. Some states have exce... TOM FRIEDEN We truly deliver our basic training program largely through facilitated, small group instruction. We... TOM DEMPSEY We need to reach that happy stage of our development when differences and diversity are not seen as ... JOSEFA ILOILO I grew up around Bison basketball, and I remember how exciting it was back in the day when we were r... CHAUNCEY STACY Now, being one who lived in the era of Obama, there are so many markers of improvement made. It'... MAHERSHALA ALI The strength and power and goodness of America has always been based on the strength and power and g... MITT ROMNEY Finalement, ce n'est peut-être pas la corruption ni l'avidité qui rend lâche. Peut-être n'est-ce... ANN BRASHARES We're facing headwinds from Europe. Europe doing the right things here to stabilize their situat... DAVID PLOUFFE With music, there's a conversation happening. 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BARACK OBAMA Indeed, it's not a stretch to say that most voters no longer choose their representatives; instead, ... BARACK OBAMA This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its be... BARACK OBAMA The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, b... BARACK OBAMA We will outstretch the hand if you unclench your fist. BARACK OBAMA I've been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career. BARACK OBAMA The condition of the black race, their pain, their wounds, would in his mind become merged with his ... BARRACK OBAMA If people continue to feel like Democrats are looking after poor folks and Republicans are looking a... BARACK OBAMA But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. BARACK OBAMA Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been ... 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