"The paradox of race in America is that our common destiny is more pronounced and imperiled precisely when our divisions are deeper."
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"The problem is that in America is that the nation state has been so weak when it comes to the history of big markets the history of big business in a way so we have a very weak welfare state compared to European nation states."
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"There ought to be a robust, uninhibited conversation in black America with different black ideological perspectives."
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"Our problem is that we don't have enough people in America, including black people, who are progressive and willing to sacrifice their popularity in order to tell the truth."
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"When black America is on the move, America is on the move."
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"There are different varieties and forms of capitalism. There are priorities within the capitalist society so that you can have countervailing forces come in and empower your working people and your poor people. There are capitalist societies that do not have poverty. America needs to understand that."
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"Today right here in America we have 50 million people without health insurance."
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"The first of America's 79 million baby boomers turned 60 this month. Time flies when you're growing old."
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"It's the government's job to come in and help their citizens and guide their citizens to a brighter future and unfortunately in America that's not what's happening."
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"Herman Cain is out there, he says a lot of provocative things. He said America should build its own Great Wall of China. Cain says it's a great idea because if there's one thing you don't see in China, it's Mexicans."
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"After Donald Trump's derogatory comments about immigrants, NBC has officially cancelled Celebrity Apprentice. Think about it: Donald Trump isn't even president yet, and he's already made America a better place!"
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"I seem to vaguely remember a time when America had confidence. And guts. And soldiers fighting a war didn't need to be given "permission" to defend themselves from enemies trying to kill them."
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"America... where law and custom alike are based upon the dreams of spinsters..."
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"There are still many people in America who regard depressions as acts of God. I think Keynes proved that the responsibility for these occurrences does not rest with Providence."
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"All things being equal, I think people would still prefer to do business with their hometown companies. That's true in America, that's true in China, that's true in Germany."
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"People in the U.K. share my bemusement with the United States that America doesn't share with itself. They have a sense of irony, which America doesn't have, seeing as it's being run by fundamentalists who take things literally."
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"I knew that's where I was going. I knew we were going to Italy. You couldn't make this movie in America at this price. I knew it was going to be big. I knew there was going to be a ship involved and that there was going to be a set as big as the ship. I thought, well, here we go. But I knew that was where he was headed. He had been going this way for some time. All directors, once they have some success, they want to spend a whole heck of a lot of money. (Something else can't hear.)"
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"Country music belongs to America."
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"We in America should be grateful to God for the blessing he has given us."
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"We are more united than ever before. I think this was exemplified in a very moving way when the members of our Congress stood shoulder to shoulder the other day and sang God Bless America."
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