I'm a California girl, right? I grew up with that farm-to-table dining before it was sweeping the nation.
The oil dinosaurs want to win so badly in my home state because what happens here matters everywhere. The nation often follows where California goes.
The theoretical postulate of all diplomatic discussion between nations is the assumed willingness of every nation to do justice.
Safety nets for the poor and disadvantaged are a must for any compassionate nation, but encouraging folks to go on the dole when not absolutely necessary is disgraceful.
Honest people can disagree on policy. But where there can be no honest disagreement is the need to change our nation's debt course.
And here a most heinous charge is made, that the nation has been burdened with unnecessary expenses for the sole purpose of preventing the discharge of our debts and the abolition of taxes.
Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.
Our nation is built on a proud history of providing refuge for the poor, persecuted, and disenfranchised.
The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one.
And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation.
Therefore it is essential that some means should be sought whereby the work of the nation may be carried on without constant yet at present necessary dislocation.
It will be wrong of us to approach our grievances by threatening to disobey the laws or by threatening the integrity of our nation.
What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation in the world?
Our nation is not a fully representative democracy if we do not have a one-person, one-vote method of directly electing our president. It disproportionately tilts favor to smaller states with smaller populations.
Our Nation's immigration laws are disrespected both by those who cross our borders illegally and by the businesses that hire those illegal immigrants.
The dissolution of the nation destroys the national religion, and dethrones the national deity.
The newest victims of the nation's foreclosure crisis are pets, which is extremely distressing to me.
As a matter of record, New York City spends a higher portion of its budget on instruction and associated costs within the schools themselves than any of the other 100 largest districts in the nation.
Our strength as a nation comes in our unity. We are the United States of America, not the divided states. And those who want to divide us are trying to divide us, and we shouldn't let them do it.
I know the divisions in our nation that led some to extreme votes. I respect them.