"Gary Smith, when I came to America, taught me a great deal about racing."
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"Democracy -- rule by the people -- sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America."
"Nearly all of Latin America, from Chile to Mexico, is one long rack of torture. Financed, equipped, and refined by the U.S. government."
"In America, as elsewhere, the general irritability level keeps rising."
"If I added to their pride of America, I am happy."
"What hard evidence is there that Obama doesn't want ebola in America?"
"The cool thing is, when we first did our joint Ring Of Honour-New Japanies Wrestlers, I think that definitely existed. I think the ROH guys were like, "we can't let these New Japan guys outshine us" the new japan guys were ready to make a statement as it was this really big event in America. But the cool thing about this relationship is we've literally become a family now. A lot of us are friends with each. We obviously respect each other."
"Right now, the United States of America is the patient. And the patient is in critical condition and will not be cured by political correctness and will not be cured by timidity."
"In the old days of America when communities were separated by hundreds of miles, why were they able to thrive? Because if it was harvest time and the farmer was up in the tree picking apples and fell down and broke his leg, everybody pitched in and harvested his crops for him. If somebody got killed by a bear, everybody took care of their family."
"Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away."
"I've gotten literally thousands of contacts from people across the country - and the most poignant ones being elderly people - who said I had given up on America and I was just waiting to die."
"Our strength as a nation comes in our unity. We are the United States of America, not the divided states. And those who want to divide us are trying to divide us, and we shouldn't let them do it."
"The enterprise of America precedes that of Europe, as the industry of England precedes that of the rest of Europe."
"It is very imprudent to deprive America of any of her privileges. If her commerce and friendship are of any importance to you, they are to be had on no other terms than leaving her in the full enjoyment of her rights."
"In America we have only the present tense. I am in danger. You are in danger."
"America, I appreciate you liking me."
"Only majorities can expand political rights in America's constitutional society."
"I guess, - a greater number of the 26 or so albums that I've made are known in Europe than they are in America."
"America, as everybody knows, is a country of many contradictions, and a big contradiction for a long time has been between a very aggressive form of capitalism and consumerism against what might be called a kind of moral or civic impulse."
"Many people in America throw the term "fascism" around, particularly for Middle-Eastern terrorists, but in fact what fascism really is is a close alliance between a unitary executive and a state and large corporations and a state."