Let the word go forth... that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.
USAJohn F. Kennedy, Inaugural AddressI have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.
USACharlie ChaplinWe remember the Americans who put country above self, and set personal grievances aside for the greater good. We remember the Americans who held this country together during its most difficult hours; who put aside pride and party to form a more perfect union.
USA, PatriotismusBarack ObamaThis country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
USA, Demokratie, Independence DayAbraham Lincoln (Inaugural Address), 1861Es hat lange gedauert, aber heute Nacht, durch das, was wir heute bei dieser Wahl getan haben, in diesem entscheidenden Moment, ist der Wandel nach Amerika gekommen.
Its been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.
USA, 2008Barack ObamaIn Russland wird das Volk durch die Partei verdummt, in den Vereinigten Staaten durch die Television.
USA, Russland, FernsehenFriedrich DürrenmattAnd I will do everything that I can as long as I am President of the United States to remind the American people that we are one nation under God, and we may call that God different names but we remain one nation.
Gott, USABarack ObamaEs gibt einen entscheidenden Unterschied zwischen Europäern und Amerikanern. Ein Europäer sagt: "Das kann ich nicht verstehen - was ist los mit mir?", während ein Amerikaner sagt: "Das kann ich nicht verstehen - was ist los damit?"
Europa, USATerry Pratchett