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"But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American War? The revolution was effected before the war commenced. The revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people."	Geoffrey F. Abert
"But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American War? The revolution was effected before the war commenced. The revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people."	Geoffrey F. Abert
"That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United states who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms..."	Samuel Adams
"Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that there are not gains without pains."	Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno
"In the United States today, we have more than our share of nattering nabobs of negativism."	Spiro Agnew
"I love the United States, but I see here everything is measured by success, by how much money it makes, not the satisfaction to the individual."	John Fellows Akers
"I had always loved beautiful and artistic things, though before leaving America I had had a very little chance of seeing any."	Emma Albani
"When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, "Ours."	Father Andrew SDC
"We really are 15 countries, and it's really remarkable that each of us thinks we represent the real America. The Midwesterner in Kansas, the black American in Durham -- both are certain they are the real American."	Maya Angelou
"We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans."	Reubin Askew
"I love America because America trusts me. When I go into a shop to buy a pair of shoes I am not asked to produce my Identity Card. I love it because my mail is not censored. My phone is not tapped. My conversation with friends is not reported to the secret police."	Janina Atkins
"Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen. ... Their faith is their passport."	Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe
"America is the country where you buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for one dollar, and use it up in two weeks."	John Barrymore
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball."	Jacques Martin Barzun
"Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities. So I believe that dreams--daydreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing--are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to invent, and therefore to foster, civilization."	L. Frank Baum
"There is a need for heroism in American life today."	Vicki Baum
"Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic."	(Enoch) Arnold Bennett
"The secretary of education does not work for the education establishment. The secretary works for the American people."	William John Bennett
"England and America are two countries separated by the same language."	Sir Walter Besant
"Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian."	Rachel Blanchard
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Lance Morrow	Lillian Hellman	Lizzy Gardiner
Luther H. Hodges	Lyndon Baines Johnson	L. Frank Baum
Margaret Mead	Mario M(atthew) Cuomo	Mark Twain
Marya Mannes	Mary Ellen Kelly	Max Lerner
Maya Angelou	Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev	Mohammed Daud Khan
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Oscar Wilde	Owen Gleiberman	Peggy Noonan
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Ralph Waldo Emerson	Reubin Askew	Richard Milhouse Nixon
Rita Mae Brown	Robert G. Ingersoll	Robert Francis Kennedy
Robert Hewison	Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole	Robert Maynard Hutchins
Robert Whitney Boynton	Samuel Adams	Sam(uel) James Ervin, Jr.
Shane Leslie	Shannon Lucid	Shirley Mount Hufstedler
Sir Walter Besant	Spiro Agnew	Theodore Roosevelt
Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno	Thomas Jefferson	Van Wyck Brooks
Vicki Baum	Waldo Frank	Will Rogers
William Jennings Bryan	William E(dwart) Gladstone	William Golding
William Jefferson Clinton	William John Bennett	William Orville Douglas
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