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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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A lot of times when we work overseas we tend to put the experience of someone who lives overseas, a Chinese person or a Korean person or a Bosnian person, within the prism of an American life. ↗

— John Pomfret

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My goal is to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life. ↗

— Frederick Wiseman

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Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social justice and of equal opportunity. ↗

— Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.

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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. ↗

— Russell Baker

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That's one of the things about the Tea Party people. They think corporations have too much influence in American life and they do. ↗

— Howard Dean

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Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went. ↗