Let discernment in matters of fashion and entertainment determine who should get the vote, and half the country would be disenfranchised.
And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.
The powers, conditions, and desires that propel Mexicans and Central Americans into this country are so fundamental, so vast, that no action, legislative or other-wise, can discourage this flight.
The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of our constitutional guarantee for all persons of this country.
I thank all of those who weren't born in this country for coming here and making a contribution to Australia. We are the least discriminatory country in the world, in my view.
We never discuss race in this country until something bad happens.
Be who you are, do what you do and let us get on with discussing the real issues of this country.
I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
Where Reagan channeled disenchantment with overweening government, Obama symbolized America's transformation into a multiracial country.
When I am disgusted by certain American politicians, I fantasize moving away to Finland - a country in which I have worked a little, and which I see as a pure blue and green place of unpolluted lakes, peaceful forests, and pristine social-democratic values.
Evil is everywhere. But to believe that this is a country that resembles the Jim Crow-era is ludicrous and disingenuous.
Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. And four years just isn't long enough to dismantle all the environmental laws we've got in this country.
China is a vast, disparate country; there is no alternative to strong central power.
This is a country that was founded on racism. It was built on racism. It still continues to thrive through wealth disparity, and housing disparity is all built on the backs of racism.
No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country.
Violence of all forms is wreaking havoc in communities across the country, disproportionately impacting communities of color and shaving half a million years of life off our collective lifespan. But it doesn't have to be this way.
Electoral victory is not an end in itself. It is intended to set in motion a pluralist process to resolve our disputes and move the country forward.
Even though we may focus first on the rights of our own country, that does not mean that we should disregard the rights of everyone else.
These immigrants have come to our country and blatantly disregarded our laws. We cannot, we should not, reward that. No amnesty. No ability to vote. Get those borders secure, and then deal with that situation.
In any country when you throw something in somebody's face, it's disrespectful.
