"in the United States ... given the cult of eternal youth, age is ignored unless it can be sentimentalized."
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"You might call that a peaceful invasion [of Muslims] but that`s the nicest thing can you call it. They`re not assimilating and they`re not assimilating because Sharia law is incompatible with the Constitution of the United States."
"I have a map of the united states .... it's original size ... it says one mile equals one mile."
"My fellow Americans, I must speak to you tonight about a mounting danger in Central America that threatens the security of the United States. This danger will not go away it will grow worse, much worse, if we fail to take action now."
"In the United States it's not important which religion you adhere to, as long as you have one."
"In the absence of a limitation on local enforcement powers, the states are bound by the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution to enforce violations of the federal immigration laws."
"I believe in - I am proud to belong to - the United States."
"What needs to happen is more of a global understanding, and I believe the United States can work as a global partner and not be the hegemon."
"Yeah, it's legal in the United States. It's part of our Constitution. You know, the right to bear arms is because that's the last form of defense against tyranny. Not to hunt. It's to protect yourself from the police."
"The 22 million or 30 million, whatever the case may be, Afro-Americans in the United States were still Africans."
"One out of every five page views in the United States is on Facebook!"
"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."
"Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all."
"Women are in many ways second-class citizens in the United States in 2016, because of the way that we're portrayed in popular culture."
"The United States of America is a threat to world peace."
"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."
"The whole culture of wearing flags on our lapel and saying 'we' when referring to the United States and, even the 'shock and awe' of the initial stages, it was just too jubilant and just a little uncomfortable."
"Whites have been the most subsidized group in the history of the United States and maybe the history of the world, while Blacks were enslaved and were the assets of Whites."
"I get most my information about what's happening in the United States from reports and studies, which are often in conflict with what you read on the editorial pages, or handouts from right wing institutions like the American Enterprise Institute."