States Quotes

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.

States like (Iraq, Iran, & North Korea), and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.

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.

For states that support terror, it is not enough that the consequences be costly-they must be devastating

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.

I thought Colin Powell did a fine job as secretary of state.

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

I'm the only president who really put it out in the State of the Union and was very specific about how I felt we ought to do it.

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.

The rights of some must not be enjoyed by denying the rights of others. Neither can we permit states' rights at the expense of human rights.

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.

Should the States reject this excellent Constitution, the probability is, an opportunity will never again offer to cancel another in peacethe next will be drawn in blood.

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.

All good writers express the state of their souls, even (as occurs in some cases of very good writers) if it is a state of damnation.

The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church

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.

It's a falsehood to state that francophone communities are thriving.

States with tremendous oil and natural gas reserves have the most to gain economically from proper regulation.

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.

What we have been raised to think of as inevitable - division and hierarchy, monotheism and nation states - actually accounts for less than 10 percent of human history.

There are very few chefs both in Britain and the States that really identify the secret of being consistent. And combine consistency with flavor.

[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.

Where there is no desire or pursuits, there is no wholeness. But there are satisfying lesser states, fragments.

I'd like to see a revival of state legislatures, in which I am a true Jeffersonian.