States Quotes

I have worn my white and purple, colors of the Suffragettes, in honor of the fact that we have our first woman president, soon to be, Hillary Clinton, elected president of the United States.

The situation in Iraq and the reckless economic policies in the United States speak to one issue for me, and that is the competence of our leader.

If the whole world is a battlefield, then the United States is also a battlefield.

This quake, tsunami and the nuclear accident are the biggest crises for Japan [in decades] ... We will continue to handle it in a state of maximum alert.

This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride.

Sometimes a great example is necessary to all the public functionaries of the state.

It is impossible for the nation to develop unless states develop, the process of policy planning also has to change from 'top to bottom' to 'bottom to top

For an economy to prosper, trust between the states must be established, and their individual strengths be appreciated.

There is no red tapism in my state, only red carpet.

Real time functioning should have the PM and the CMs of the states working in tandem. The Federal structure is important in letter and spirit, it is our strength

My only aim is the welfare of the poor of my country and the poor of states like Uttar Pradesh.

We cannot disrespect the wishes of states.

India knows that the subject of Land is not with the Central Government and the Centre does not require lands. All rights relating to land are with the states.

I know [Arthur Koestler] fought in the Spanish Civil War. He was in prison, I think, in Spain and in Russia. He came to the United States; that's when I saw him in the mid-1940s.

The present Stimulus Bill sets up the equivalent commission in the United States similar to that which is in England.

By burning nuclear waste as fuel, we believe we can power the United States cleanly for hundreds of years without ever touching new resources.

The United States of America became the envy of the world because we welcomed the best and brightest minds from anywhere on the planet and gave them the opportunity to succeed.

If a composer could state in words what being a composer means, he would no longer need to be a composer.

It's a weird state to be in to go to the Bible and try to invoke science, right?

The Arabic states have to be integrated into the Iraqi reconstruction. We need the help of the Arabic community, which understands its culture. Americans arrive, invade, occupy.

The youth of this country are not behind what is going on. We all know that. If you looked at a [political] map of the United States 25 and under, it's all-revealing. It's a unified map.

The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken.

There is no doubt that the United States now feels that they are the only superpower in the world and they can do what they like.

Why is the United States behaving so arrogantly? All that (Mr. Bush) wants is Iraqi oil.

I am aware of what the position is in the United States of America. If somebody gives to charity, then he gets a tax incentive, provided the charity is registered in terms of the law.

When we have 13,000 Americans living on the moon, they can petition to become a state.

Defeating Barack Obama becomes, in fact, a duty of national security. Because the fact is, he is incapable of defending the United States.

You can't talk about attacking or assassinating the President of the United States and you shouldn't be able to.

The terrorism danger to the United States "is even worse than September 11th, when 19 hijackers murdered almost 3,000 Americans."

Hollywood in many ways serves as the unofficial ministry of propaganda for the United States.

In the United States, we want to believe we will never become a country of refugees.

We tie ourselves in knots when we act as if democracy is good for the United States and Israel but not for the Arab world. For far too long, we've treated the Arab world as just an oil field.

I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife.

Take imagination breaks... Relaxed attention is one of the most important states of mind for creativity, and sometimes it has to be learned.

Eighty-six percent of the gun death of children under the age of 14 internationally is right here in the United States of America. It is madness.

The US has been the leading terrorist state in the world for many years.

States are violent to the extent that they have the power to act in the interests of those with domestic power

Where are the drug cartels getting their weapons? They are being provided by the United States. Cut off that flow of arms.

The United States is unique among the rich countries, developed countries, in not having some kind of a national health-care system.

The United States invaded Iraq to gain control of one of the major sources of the world's energy.

In the United States, the political system is a very marginal affair. There are two parties, so-called, but they're really factions of the same party, the Business Party.

State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome.

You might recall, perhaps, that we were probably the only commentators to rely on the most knowledgeable source, State Department intelligence.

If the United States loses the economic weapons of control, it is very much weakened.

I know some really outstanding Turkish journalists, and have been pleased and honored to be able to join with them a few times in their courageous protests against state terror and repression.

Right after 9-11, as far as I know, one newspaper in the United States had the integrity to investigate opinion in the Muslim world: the 'Wall Street Journal.'

The level of destruction and terror and violence carried out by the powerful states far exceeds anything that can imaginably can be done by groups that are called terrorists and subnational groups.

The United States is a violent military state. It's been involved in military action all over the place.

In the United States, and to a certain extent in Canada, there's very little interest in what happens outside their borders.

The United States is a very insular society. Most people know very little about the outside world and don't care that much. They're concerned with their own affairs.