#erica

The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#african american #american #among #arkansas #communities

We will have health care reform in America. ↗

— Dick Durbin

#care #health #health care #health care reform #reform

As hurricanes Katrina and Rita raged through the southeastern United States last summer, much of America's energy infrastructure based in the Gulf of Mexico was damaged or destroyed causing gas prices to soar. ↗

— Rick Renzi

#based #causing #damaged #destroyed #energy

I remember that coming to America was scary for me because everything here is just bigger, better, shinier, you know? ↗

— Ryan Reynolds

#because #better #bigger #coming #everything

It is tragic that many in America think of us - Christians - as being people who hate others. ↗

— Anne Rice

#being #christians #hate #many #others

After all, when the world looks to America, they look to us because we are the most successful political and economic experiment in human history. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#america #because #economic #experiment #history

The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#circumstances #come #essence #ethnicity #great

I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who are obligated to worry about the safety and security of our countries, cannot take the word of this dictator, who lies, pathologically lies. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#allies #american #american president #anybody #cannot

I talked about the need for American leadership, I talked about the importance of the United States to a more peaceful world, a world that has been quite turbulent in recent years, and needs a strong American anchor. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#american #anchor #been #i #importance

Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come - and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#america #assured #best #chance #come