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Saturday, September 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Americans'

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Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.
James Reston, American Journalist (1909-1995)
While F.D.R. once told Americans that we have nothing to fear but fear itself, Mr. Ashcroft is delighted to play the part of Fear Itself, an assignment in which he lets his imagination run riot.
Frank Rich, American Journalist (1949-  )
Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.
Tim Robbins, Actor (1958-  )
We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team.
Oscar Robertson, American Athlete (1938-  )
And, gentlemen, they have not yet done so, and it is quite clear that no Americans, no people in the world probably, are going to war with the Soviet Union.
Paul Robeson, American Actor (1898-1976)
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
Will Rogers, American Actor (1879-1935)
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
Will Rogers, American Actor (1879-1935)
I know there has long been a great frustration among the African Americans in Nevada over their belief that we have not adequately responded to their desires to become more educated and more productive citizens.
James E. Rogers, American Educator
We Americans have the great gifts of freedom and democracy, but it has been our education system that has fulfilled the promise of democracy.
James E. Rogers, American Educator
Alabama citizens, like the vast majority of Americans, respect and value the meaning of decency, and appreciate public institutions that reflect the common values of our society.
Mike Rogers, -
Brown v. Board is the foundation by which all Americans can look for hope - hope for their children, hope for their families, and hope for a better future.
Mike Rogers, -
Next door to Ethiopia spreading out along the strategic Red Sea coastline is Eritrea, a relatively new country, and a place that few Americans seem to fully understand.
Dana Rohrabacher, American Politician (1947-  )
And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war.
Dana Rohrabacher, American Politician (1947-  )
Businesses should no longer be allowed to depress wages by hiring illegal labor and then falsely claim that Americans don't want to do the jobs.
Dana Rohrabacher, American Politician (1947-  )
Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians.
Mitt Romney, American Politician (1947-  )
The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President (1882-1945)
There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President (1882-1945)
This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President (1882-1945)
Music has an intrinsic value that touches Americans - they love their music, and want more.
Hilary Rosen, American Businessman (1958-  )
The story of Americans is the story of arrested metamorphoses. Those who achieve success come to a halt and accept themselves as they are. Those who fail become resigned and accept themselves as they are.
Harold Rosenberg, American Writer (1906-1978)
 
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