#erica

Nector [speaking to Bernadette] could have told her, having drunk down the words of Nanapush, that comfort is not security and money in the hand disappears. He could have told her that only the land matters and never to let go of the papers, the titles, the tracks of the words, all those things that his ancestors never understood how the vital relationship to the dirt and grass under their feet. ↗

— Louise Erdrich

#native-american #ojibwe #prophesy #treaty #money

I'm convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know. ↗

— Redd Foxx

#convinced #i #know #lot #middle-class

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#closed #open #want #world

The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend. ↗

— George W. Bush

#america #building #fighting #free #friend

The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom. ↗

— George W. Bush

#american #freedom #strength #use #wisest

People are moping around and I think campaigns can be about lifting the spirits of the American people. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#american #american people #around #campaigns #i

I didn't go to Latin America thinking, 'I'm gonna write a book. This is what I'm gonna do.' I went there to work for UNICEF and to learn. ↗

— Jenna Bush

#book #go #gonna #i #latin

Too bad Americans can’t export Awesome, because I have boxes and boxes of the stuff just lying around in my attic. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#americans #attic #awesome #export #funny

The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide are joining the ranks of veterans to whom America owes an immense debt of gratitude. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#america #debt #deployments #gratitude #immense

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society. ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

#authority #because #democracy #failure #hands