That should be our test regarding immigrants. Those who come to America to tear it down or live off of others should not be welcomed.
All these boundaries - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, America - are set by men. But you don't have to look at boundaries when you are looking at a man - at the character of a man. The question is: What do you stand for? Are you a follower, or are you a leader?
One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America and then work.
The Queen Mary was the most civilized and luxurious way one could travel to America in the late 1930s.
America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.
And I'm asking for your support because I want to defend America, as I've said before, from becoming a socialist nation.
Will they attack us? Yes. Will they smear our backgrounds and distort our records? Undoubtedly. Will they lie about us, harass our families, namecall to try to intimidate us? They will. There's nothing safe about it. But is it worth it? Well, let me ask you. Is freedom worth it? Is America worth it?
And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara.
Leaving America is like losing twenty pounds and finding a new girlfriend.
The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad.
We were a Western civilisation, an English speaking civilisation, both NZ and Australia, and we had all these influences coming from both Great Britain and America to us; sending us their culture in the shape and form of movies and television.
America is just downright mean.
Americans... still believe in an America where anything's possible - they just don't think their leaders do.
America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.