States Quotes

Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now. (Arnold J. Toynbee)
Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian. View quote
Robert Orben
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. View quote
Arthur C. Clarke
Madam, I may be President of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damn business. View quote
Chester A. Arthur
I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both. View quote
Theodore Roosevelt
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. View quote
Frank Zappa
In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. That is what makes America what it is. View quote
Gertrude Stein
There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am President of the United States. View quote
Woodrow Wilson
The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation. View quote
William McKinley
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened. View quote
Douglas Adams
The United States never lost a war or won a conference. (Will Rogers)
The metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. View quote
Dave Barry
I am a freeman, an American, a United States Senator, and a Democrat, in that order. View quote
Lyndon B. Johnson
Although China and United States are competitors, China and the United States are indeed partners in trade. View quote
Zhu Rongji
The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world. View quote
James Madison
It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States. View quote
Andrew Jackson
Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties. View quote
George Soros
In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own. View quote
Alexis de Tocqueville
In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned. View quote
Alexis de Tocqueville
In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success. View quote
Isoroku Yamamoto
Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante's scheme, Limbo is to Hell. (Irving Layton)
The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity - much less dissent. View quote
Gore Vidal
The United States brags about its political system, but the [American] President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves. View quote
Deng Xiaoping
I'm tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other reason than that I value, exercise, and defend my rights under the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution. View quote
L. Neil Smith
In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes. View quote
John Kenneth Galbraith