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The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.

Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best.

American troops have not only occupied Ulster but are arriving in increasing numbers in England.

In my professional work with the Agency, by the late '70s, I had come to question the value of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the intelligence agency's impact on American policy.

The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent.

I'm an American before any party preference.

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.

Many Americans don't have an understanding of the freedoms they regularly enjoy.

I don't get a sense of American pride. I just get a sense that everyone is here, battling the same thing - that around the world everybody's after the same thing, just some minor piece of happiness each day.

I think in a sense this is a house that was built on a bad foundation. And the foundation was the Americans coming here and allowing the sacking, burning and plunder of Baghdad, for whatever reason.

Do you want Columbus to go across the ocean, or do you want to put a message in a bottle and hope that it lands somewhere? I'd rather have actual people be there. Whether they look like Americans or like the inhabitants of some other country, depends on who has the most drive.

At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.

One thing I would like to see is a stronger ladder series for up-and-coming American drivers.

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.

There are many young Americans that are very distant from our political process.

When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris.

My way of remaining French was the financing scheme I used for Quest for Fire, with Fox funds, since it started as a 100% American production. The film was not in French and yet was French in style, reflecting my personality.

I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans.

Good Americans, when they die, go to Paris.

I made a gym, it's the best gym in Nicaragua, I have kids that this year July 6th through the 11th will be fighting and then will go on to the Central American Games and I'm sure at least one will win a gold medal.