#american life

Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life. ↗

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The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people - not only made the tax code more nearly progressive, it preceded one of the most productive economic periods in American life. ↗

— Barney Frank

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The power of the American system of republicanism lies in its capacity to allow religious belief to be a competing, not a controlling, factor in American life. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for the historical success of Britain and America. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

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Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life. ↗

— Brad Paisley

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People are interested in pro football because it provides them with an emotional oasis; they don't want football to get involved in the same types of court cases, racial problems and legislative issues they encounter in the rest of American life. ↗

— Pete Rozelle

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If there's an enduring theme in my work, it's probably the effects of class on American life. ↗

— Richard Russo

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The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life. ↗

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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Journalism talk is part of the nonstop background noise of American life. ↗

— Russell Baker

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It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic. ↗