As we were still in the process of assessing Katrina's impact on the economy, Hurricane Rita appears, stirring new worries of oil supply shortage in the United States.

Valerie Plagnol

If he can't fly United, we charge the tickets on his American Express card and transfer the miles to other airlines.

David Snyder

Biological weapons are no longer a potential threat, but a real threat to the safety and security of the United States.

James Gilmore

Emerging countries, such as Oman, can learn so much from the United States. To improve the quality of life of their citizens, these countries must embrace the core business principles that enable companies and individuals to be creative, resourceful and entrepreneurial.

Sam Hamdan

It's not terribly unusual. The southeast Tennessee seismic zone, which actually extends from that area up toward Knoxville, is probably the second most active area in the Eastern United States.

Tim Long

I feel we are riding the momentum wave at the moment. We feel united as a team.

Michael Starke

The philosophy of the 'Bush Doctrine' is in essence force. It advocates the United States should rule over the whole world with overwhelming force, military force in particular.

Qian Qichen

We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandated of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them.

Carl Levin

One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six Presidents of the United States was an orthodox Christian.

Mortimer Adler

As the number of obese children in the United States increases, it is essential to develop child safety seats that can protect children of all sizes and shapes.

Lara Trifiletti

Throughout the Arab and Islamic world the feeling is that we are now in top gear for a war of civilizations, a clash of civilizations. Support for the United States is very low and there are no voices within the Muslim world, except for a very few.

Husain Haqqani

Needless to say, we are very pleased with these results, ... Our enhanced surveillance program is designed to provide information about the level of prevalence of B.S.E. in the United States, which by any measure is extremely low.

John Clifford

Their lives were a testimony to the values which are shared by both Israel and the United States -- lives of religious commitment and tolerance, the spirit of independent thinking and living, and love of one's fellow human beings. Terrorists cannot live with or by those values -- and so they murder beautiful young people.

Dan Kurtzer

The United States is a country where people see the future as better and see themselves as making a better future for themselves.

Martin Baily

Suppose you're 15 and you're part of the Family in India but you want out. You say you have relatives in the United States but no way to get to them well, we'll get you a plane ticket.

Daniel Roselle

It is going to make for a very long and emotional summer. As far as I'm concerned, when anything unusual strikes fear in you is no way to live in the United States of America. But that is what is going to happen until any sort of comprehensive legislation is passed.

Carlos Acosta

I can't say enough about Newport. It's such a homey, safe and comfortable place. And there are so many Irish. If I couldn't live in Newport, I think I'd just move back home. I don't think I'd want to find another place (in the United States).

Beth Keating

The chief executive officer of the multi-million dollar Humane Society of the United States once stated that his personal goal was the abolition of all animal agriculture. I'm happy to say, he's lost a very important battle today, and animal agriculture won.

Charlie Stenholm

Releasing an equivalent amount of oil from the reserve for a short period of time will help keep fuel supplies adequate, not just for the Gulf Coast area, but for all the United States.

Joe Barton

Given the prospect that the Japanese economy will remain on a path of expansion, we believe that Japanese investors will continue to take advantage of higher yields abroad, particularly in the United States.

Paul Chertkow

The gaming industry is notoriously paranoid. It was easier for me to be wearing a gun within an arm's reach of the president of the United States than get approval to carry a firearm in a casino.

David Almeida

I don't see why the United States has to get involved in this issue, ... It is a decision involving the sovereignty of Venezuela.

Jose Vicente Rangel

He would not have played as many games for Liverpool, Chelsea or Manchester United.

Martin Jol

To a greater extent than the Bush administration, the media was responsible for creating the fantasy that Iraq posed an imminent threat to the United States.

John Nichols

This is the first large, population-based study evaluating liver transplantation in the United States. Marked ethnic differences in receipt of transplants should be examined further, and reasons for these disparities clarified.

Abby Siegel

Three major buyers of oil will emerge in the future. China, India and the United States. This will create interesting geopolitical scenarios we haven't begun to address.

Tom Stringfellow

In some Western countries, including in the United States, some people have ignored the overall development of China's human rights.

Sun Yuxi

[Without the agreement,] We would be too sliver-ish in the North American context and we would be less and less potent, ... If you have a united army fighting splinters, guess who's going to win? So the splinters have to get together.

Ted Rogers

Bringing Michael to St. James' Park will rank alongside the signing of Alan Shearer as my proudest moment at Newcastle United.

Freddy Shepherd

We have said that Israel has had a very bad history with the United Nations, and whoever cares for himself in Israel distances himself from that Organization.

Yitzhak Shamir

Timely, reliable assistance from the United States fosters the political stability and economic well-being critical to Jordan's continuing role as a regional leader for peace.

Strobe Talbott

Surely the United States should do what it can to prevent dictators elsewhere from inferring that repression works.

Bill Kristol

This is a stunning and very welcome development that puts on hold all Florida executions and may well put a time out on all lethal injection executions in the United States.

Abe Bonowitz

There was a large displacement of Louisiana natives throughout the United States after Hurricane Katrina. If we succeed in launching a national chain, maybe we can at least bring a little taste of home closer to them.

Jace Harris

I think the city will do a great job. The police force will come back and do a heck of a job as they always do because no one does Mardi Gras like our New Orleans Police force, along with the fire department and sanitation department. Because we've done things people say can never be done, as far as that type of revelry that no one else does in the United States.

Penny Larsen

Most of them are considered Gilded Age presidents, from Reconstruction to 1900. But you know, it's not easy to be the president of the United States.

Bob Leith

President Bush's visit has greatly increased mutual understanding, deepened mutual trust and strengthened co-operation between China and the United States .

Yang Jiechi

[E]specially in the day and age we live in … the president of the United States needs to have his Constitutional powers unimpaired, if you will, in terms of the conduct of national-security policy.

Richard Cheney

Durable goods will continue to lead the manufacturing expansion in 2006. The United States economy is bumping up against capacity constraints in many sectors and businesses, particularly non-manufacturing businesses, are stepping up investment spending.

Daniel Meckstroth

I think that these countries do not want to miss out on the export opportunities in the United States and that's one of the primary reasons behind this.

Tom Benfer

As required by the Ethics and Government Act, and with the authorization of the court supervising independent counsels, the Office of Independent Counsel submitted a referral to the House of Representatives containing substantial and credible information that may constitute grounds for impeachment of the president of the United States.

Charles Bakaly

U.S. Figure Skating is thrilled to bring this international event back to Colorado Springs. The city proved to be an excellent host in 2006, and we are excited to welcome the world's top figure skaters back to the United States for this event.

Ron Hershberger

Imports create competition and keep domestic industry more responsive to consumers. In the United States, we import everything consumers want. So why not pharmaceuticals?

Chuck Grassley

Well, a lot of people would say it's ridiculous to imagine the United States would either start something or stage something but - gee whiz! - Remember the Gulf of Tonkin!

Art Bell

There is an urgent need for improved therapies for weight loss assistance in the United States. The country is currently facing an obesity epidemic. This health crisis can also be linked a variety of associated disorders, including skyrocketing diabetes rates and heightened heart and stroke risks. Clearly, by attacking the obesity issue, we may be able to prevent many other life-ending illnesses.

Judy Cameron

He finds the perfect approach to Murrow, what his contribution was. It's not a film that makes Murrow out to be a grand hero who saves the United States. It shows that within a domain limited by the possibilities of the medium and the demands of sponsors, that someone can make a stance, can stand up and be counted and make their voice heard.

Richard Pena

The growth of Poker in the United States has been phenomenal, to the point that it no longer surprises fans to see celebrities from film get involved in these events. Obviously, few people expect the movie stars to actually win a tournament like this, but it would be very exciting to see someone like Affleck at the final table playing the likes of Gus Hansen.

Alex Czajkowski

We are tired of living in fear. We feel it's important to send a strong message to Congress that we immigrants are united. We gave so much to this country and we feel this country should respect our right to live in dignity.

Marleine Bastien

It is true that the auto market inside Michigan is shrinking. But the auto market in the United States is growing. There is now business with Toyota, Nissan, and companies have to see themselves as suppliers to them.

Jim Jacobs

The pressure makes me excited. It's good pressure. I have to have the results and stay in the United States. I can't wait to open the season.

Shinji Mori

We're in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, and I would hope that I could participate in some way in stopping the horror and the brutality.

Wallace Shawn

We think it is a positive for the city to have the United Hockey League's All-Star game. We think it's a positive for our fans to see the best players in the league. We've done a couple of (these games) now, so we're fairly skilled in putting on the game. It will be a fun night for our fans.

David Franke

That was due in part to its ideal orbital location which is right over the center of the United States, providing equal access to really any location, and also its high power and frequency characteristics.

Robert Bednarek

The western half of the United States isn't even worth talking about, ... They're having a great day.

Rally Caparas

We are already in discussion with a number of states in the United States.

Will Whitehorn

We'd have to look at the numbers. Would the hotels be willing to work with us? Would the downtown community be willing to make sure our guests - from Canada, Toronto and the United Kingdom - are well treated? Those are big and important things.

John Burton

Lawyers in the United States have a central role, a visibility and prominence that doesn't exist anywhere else.

Marc Galanter

We've been involved with the United Way off and on over the years, and this year there was just an unprecedented amount of community support.

Fran Johnson

Market players had been refraining from selling the yen before the release of the CPI data. But now, they know that the BOJ is unlikely to change their current monetary policy for a while, and the United States continues to have higher interest rates than Japan.

Kazuhiro Nishina

United Launch Alliance is going through all the appropriate FTC assessments with regard to anti-trust issues and we are confident that at the end of that process it will be approved.

Dan Beck

All we want Congress to do is hear what we have to say. We have illegal parents. Some of us are here illegally. And all we want is an education and to succeed in the United States, because we're already here.

Maria Fernandez

It's a very good statement so that people can clearly see what the policy of the United States government is.

Rogene Waite

She had a lot of passion for tennis. She really wanted the opportunity to come to the United States and play college tennis and at the same time get a good education.

Sujay Lama

We did not receive any official confirmation from the Syrian capital on whether President Assad will head the Syrian delegation to the United Nations Summit that will open on Sept. 14.

Fayssal Mekdad

If I had my way, any man guilty of golf would be ineligible for any office of trust in the United States.

H. L. Mencken

I am an opponent of Saddam Hussein, but an opponent also, of the sanctions that have killed a million Iraqi children and an opponent of the United States' apparent desire to plunge the Middle East into a new and devastating war.

George Galloway

The United Nations is an uplifting experiment, dedicated to raising the standards of living in Africa, the consciences of democracies, and the price of prostitutes in New York.

Frank Dane

[Tuesday] is the first day I took batting practice in the [United States], and I can see the ball real good. I took BP in [the Dominican Republic], but it was a little bit dark.

Cristian Guzman

Doing a year over here really makes you appreciate the United States, (especially) your police department.

David Lentz

United Technologies has some really good competitive positions in its markets, and from a geographic perspective it is an area of the world where commercial construction is on fire.

Tom Leritz

Among Latinos in the United States, there's a majority that views immigrants favorably, but there is a significant minority concerned about unauthorized immigration into the country and its impact.

Roberto Suro

Vietnam remains an underdeveloped economy with a high poverty incidence, ... party, people and army will continue to stand united and ... turn Vietnam into a developed country in the coming decades.

Tran Duc Luong

We knew Manchester United were not in the best form at the moment and we came to attack and played very well.

Ronald Koeman

Conflict: Global Terror expands on the popular Conflict franchise that has sold more than two million units in the United States alone. Conflict: Global Terror provides a compelling gaming experience with an all-new graphics engine and intense online co-op play.

Christoph Hartmann

We are investing in upgrading our international premium-customer offering to meet the needs of our global travelers in a way that is distinctly United.

John Tague

Goner is one of the most incredibly fast-moving and potentially dangerous e-mail viruses we've seen, ... We've seen most cases occur in France, the UK and the United States, in that order.

Mark Sunner

B.S.. I could have been the president of the United States, and she was going to be rude to me.

Joe Veronese

Today the United States House has courageously stood up for basic fairness for LGBT Americans. T his is a tremendous day for our entire LGBT community.

Chris Barron

We seem to have hit a core with our audience, the baby boomer generation that is basically taking over the United States and the world. I knew there was an audience out there for it.

Jeanie Linders

We're going to look at how effective it is, how efficient it is in the next 30 days. There are several large ferry systems in the United States, and, if this is as effective as we hope it is going to be, it will add to our security system against terrorists.

Jennifer Peppin

The Hispanic community of the United States, the nation's largest minority group, has been openly insulted by the failure to even seriously consider a distinguished Hispanic lawyer or judge.

Carlos Ortiz

Until we get more of an adjustment on the expectations of the U.S. markets and until we see more of a trend coming out of the United States, this is how it will continue to be (for Latin stocks).

David Chon

It's 38 percent of their final average salary, which in the United States today, puts us below Guam.

Pat Foerster

For some people, the pledge is a statement that the United States is a chosen nation, that the United States is a nation under God, that it is God's chosen nation.

Richard Ellis

The United Way is gearing up its annual campaign. This is a nice way for me to see where those kinds of funds go.

Richard Nelson

There [are] absolutely no plans to file for bankruptcy. This is a $4 billion enterprise in the United States and it will remain in business serving clients despite defections.

Charlie Leonard

It is better, as far as getting the vote is concerned I believe, to have a small, united group than an immense debating society.

Alice Paul

Just getting nominated is insane. We'll find out if we're selected in April. That will be two weeks in Scotland at the largest arts festival in the world. It's a great honored just to be considered. Representing the United States would be a big thing.

Alex Perez

The decision will be made when the United States and Egypt together deem it to be the most appropriate way to move the relationship forward.

Christin Baker

President Bush gave a rousing speech to the United Nations General Assembly. Afterward, in a touching show of support, every foreign dignitary shook hands with the president and smiled warmly as he mispronounced their names.

Tina Fey

As you look around the United States and see activity on the electronic waste issue, many of the best measures are inspired by the Maine approach.

Jon Hinck

The trend in the United States is to provide, under one roof, multiple services and products for cancer patients, ... Centers that don't fit that model probably won't exist.

Bill Jordan

During this highly promotional retail environment in the United States, our gross margins have significantly increased, reflecting the consistent application of our philosophy of a 365-day full price proposition in our retail stores.

Lew Frankfort

D/FW stands ready with 22 available gates and $22 million in incentives. And yet they chose to walk past it and go to a congested, expensive hub that's controlled by United and Frontier.

Joe Lopano

We found out that electricity use is twice as high in the United States, than in Germany. It makes it easier to keep a building warm with all those appliances, but it is something that should really be reduced.

Jürgen Schnieders

He's never committed any acts in the United States.

Matthew Archambeault

I think ... the real threat to the United States is his arms, so let's take those away through inspections, ... Then we don't have to argue about this regime-change business.

Jim Mcdermott

Many investors in the United States will look abroad (next year) on concerns that their own market is overvalued, ... The general feeling is that they've done very well in the U.S., so their upside is more limited.

Mike Young

The United States, for their part, will have to reshape, through these negotiations, the future of their own domestic support programs, delivering on the promise of reform by President (George W. Bush).

National Press

Is this kind of pointless squabbling really what we want to see? We're talking about electing the president of the United States.

Alan Keyes

The Montgomery County United Way is about connecting people in need with the resources available to us. One of the things I have found in this community is that the nonprofit sector here really works hard to collaborate and work well together.

Julie Martineau

I think that the Communist Party as a political organization is of no danger to the United States. It has no following and has been disregarded by the American people for many, many years.

Robert F. Kennedy

We all play characters, but it's really united on the ensemble concept. Everybody is always telling a story. Even if you're just standing there holding a chair, you are the person narrating, or the person acting out the narration.

Tom Demenkoff

We can accommodate all of the corporate jets out there. The market for an airport like this is the commercial passenger planes, commercial freight and also general aviation - usually piston-engine aircraft and jet traffic. We also have several military contracts with (United States) Customs, (the Department of) Homeland Security and all branches of the armed services.

Jag Gill

Canadian banks are all looking for opportunities to grow in the United States.

Gerard Cassidy

In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. This is what makes American what it is.

Gertrude Stein

I don't think you will see or have seen an economic coming together as big as this, ... This is really going to create in population terms, in GDP terms a currency block that is as big as the United States, if not bigger, and that really is a force to be reckoned with.

Sharda Persaud

Most people are explicitly racists. In parts of the world - so called educated, so-called western society - we've learned that it is not polite to be racist, and so often we don't express racist views, but... Racism is one of the big issues in the world today. Racism is the big social problem in the United States.

Jared Diamond

This population is more alike than any population in the United States.

Pablo Nepomnaschy

The players in this drama of frustration and indignity are not commas or semicolons in a legislative thesis; they are people, human beings, citizens of the United States of America.

Roy Wilkins

It should be a lot of fun. I've never been out of the country before. It's just a great honor to be able to play for the United States.

Luke Babbitt

We chose the United Way of Central Louisiana because they need donations.

Lisa Harris

I think everybody in the know in the industry knows that the United States is going to be the biggest market in solar. We have all the right things happening here.

Ron Kenedi

We may be one of the larger student delegations from the United States.

Mary Geller

I don't know any better place to do it other than a good, specially constructed facility that's offshore of the United States. You could do it at another federal prison, you could do it in another country, but that's a whole set of problems.

Donald Shepperd

The United States is no longer enemy No. 1, as you know, it's priority No. 1, ... And this is the only difference: semantics.

Oleg Kalugin

What we did was create a program last April that acknowledges the fact we are in deep trouble in the United States through habitat loss. With massive habitat loss, we've got to do something.

Chip Taylor

We stand united and continue to urge the city council, Mayor Bloomberg, all elected officials and judges not to attempt to alter or redefine traditional marriage, which has been one of the main cornerstones of all civilizations for thousands of years.

Michel Faulkner

We need to invest a great deal in the effort to re-establish the proximity of our relationship with the United States.

John Manley

The defendant must have figured out Ressam planned to bomb something in the United States.

Robin Baker

It was post war. It was very gray, very dreary. Everything was still rationed when I first saw the United States in 1951. I went over to visit my sister who was a war bride.

John Mahoney

Our preference is to seek a longer-term solution that will permit the orderly development of textile and apparel trade. But the United States will have no hesitation in walking away from a bad deal.

David Spooner

I think of New York as a puree and the rest of the United States as vegetable soup.

Spalding Gray

I think the United States should leave Iraq and deal with environmental problems. If the U.S. Army stays in Iraq, Japan will also follow it because the U.S. is an important partner of trade to Japan. American people also need to know they have to save energy. The U.S. was the only country that did not sign the Kyoto Protocol, which was selfish.

Karin Kemmochi

Any action that the United Nations takes in that, including freezing assets, will be undertaken by Saudi Arabia.

Prince Saud

We had certainly hoped for a favorable decision by the parliament, but I want to emphasize our relationship and the importance of the work we have done thus far, and the fact that the United States is still a friend of Turkey and we consider this relationship to be very important.

Robert Pearson

Anyone watching the Super Bowl during that first break will see the United States Marine Corps. The community relations tie-in gives us the opportunity to inform a worldwide audience of Marines who have served their country and served it well.

Maj. Francis Piccoli

Since I came here I have learned that Chester A. Arthur is one man and the President of the United States is another.

Chester A. Arthur

When we left Bosnia and went to Germany, we could only stay there four years, or we had to go back to Bosnia. My dad knew there was no future in Bosnia so we decided to come to the United States.

Igor Iveljic

Companies that wish to access the capital markets in the United States will no longer have the threat of facing securities class actions in 50 different states, with potentially 50 different laws.

Jay Kasner

The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that.

Ted Turner

The United States is worried about China's military build-up and energy diplomacy.

Shi Yinhong

This second-quarter loss demonstrates clearly that United continues to suffer from the weak revenue environment since Sept. 11, ... The month-to-month improvements we've seen so far this year have stalled. In fact, our June unit revenue performance is slightly worse than it was in May.

John Creighton

In so many ways, he was declaring his candidacy for president of the United States, and he seduced the Democrats into standing on the stage with him. How sweet is that?

Jeffrey Berry

Let me assure you that at no time were we aware of an immediate dangers to the Atlanta area of the United States.

Gregory Jones

When a respected leader like Mr. Murtha, who has spent 37 extremely honorable years as a Marine, fought in two wars, has served the country extremely well in the Congress of the United States – when a respected individual like that says what he said, and 18- and 19-year-olds look to their leadership to determine how they are expected to act, they can get the wrong message.

Genpeter Pace

The Europeans, along with the United States, believe that Iran should adhere to the Paris agreement and continue to work with the Europeans to resolve this issue.

Scott Mcclellan

The United Way's slogan of Help Us Help Others is certainly being put to good use.

Patty Moore

Both sides should work to find pragmatic ways to address the deficit. For example, as China has proposed many times, the United States should ease its rigid controls on technology exports.

Mei Xinyu

The United States is eager to resume negotiations as soon as possible so that we can make rapid progress toward the elimination of North Korea's nuclear programs. Our negotiators are packed and ready to go.

Alexander Vershbow

It's almost certain that China's trade surplus will remain at a high level in 2006. Obviously, there will be further pressure from trade protectionists in the United States.

Mei Xinyu

Recently, many European countries have increased access to higher education. Dr. Card wanted to see first-hand how those changes have been implemented, and her experiences may prove useful to higher education in the United States, and specifically South Dakota.

Royce Engstrom

If we get close to a peace settlement, we will consider what role, if any, the United States will play in its implementation.

Nanda Chitre

It has been estimated that 80 percent of the oil illegally smuggled out of Iraq under 'oil for food' ended up in the United States.

Scott Ritter

We will keep fighting so that Elian can live in a free country like his mother wanted. We believe in the laws of the United States.

Lazaro Gonzalez

Going to be able to lobby (President Clinton) in a way that no other person could possibly lobby the president of the United States and make sure that she delivers for the state of New York.

Geraldine A. Ferraro

It hasn't gotten really big yet, at least [not] in the United States.

Louis Moctezuma

The negotiation process is up to the African Union and the United Nations Security Council. I told them it is up to them what action to take to make sure that the implementation happens.

Mosiuoa Lekota

Playing them means nothing to me personally but everything for our lads who, in their lives, will never have the chance again to play Manchester United.

Nigel Clough

Our e-mail, [as is] typical of most companies in the United States, was not tightly managed from day one. Right now we believe there are a lot of business records and potential evidence that sit in our e-mail.

Larry Hawkins

Today we ask, 'How can a country with such a horrific record of human rights abuses, religious persecution, nuclear proliferation and espionage be deemed normal by any freedom-loving country such as the United States?'

Janet Parshall

We are so close, it's like we are united.

Rebecca Riddle

What we've begun to do is discuss the issue, the constitutional issues around that idea, again the privacy issue, which may not be unconstitutional but may pertain to our unique sense of privacy in the United States.

Chris Asplen

Alan Shearer reminded Michael Owen he had this same decision a decade ago when he left Blackburn and could have gone to Manchester United. He chose Newcastle and look what it's done for him.

Freddie Shepherd

Those in law enforcement who would sell their badges to aid in the illegal shipment of narcotics to the United States need to know that we are aggressively investigating their activities.

Alice Fisher

The United States can't ignore Haiti. The two countries are stuck with each other.

Jocelyn Mccalla

When you think of the coordination this took, it's historic. When you think of the measures that will have to be put into place to ratchet up security in the United States, it's monumental. This opens up a new era in the history of terrorism.

Harvey Kushner

The most striking thing to us is that the size of the problem still totally dwarfs the policy response. We have no greater fear than a terrorist who is inside the United States with a nuclear weapon. The consequences of such an attack would be catastrophic for our people, for our economy, for our liberties.

Thomas H. Kean

We have made an administrative decision to waive the requirement that a prescription drug be purchased in the United States or one of its territories.

Jim Pogue

Influenza is a serious disease. Kids die of influenza, both in Japan and the United States, and if you give a drug to people who are at risk of dying, there will be people who die who got the drug, ... There is no signal the drug is doing it as opposed to the disease.

Robert Nelson

It is a very bad idea for the United States government to spend tens of billions of dollars to send people to Mars and to the moon.

Barney Frank

I thought the play clock ran out, should have run out. I know this, of the 18 venues across the United States of America, Georgia would not have been able to run a play unless the official had put time back on the clock in 17 of the 18 venues.

Tim Marcum

Short term is tough. We're living now with the consequences of policy decisions that were made over the past several years ? in some cases, over the past several decades. The core of the problem is skyrocketing demand in the United States and other countries and instability among key suppliers.

David Sandalow

I don't know if people really realize how good Steve is. The United States could have put him on their Olympic team in Greece (in 2004), and they would have won a gold medal (instead of bronze). ... he's one of those once-in-a-lifetime players that doesn't come by very often.

Leo Rautins

Mr. Chairman, I would like to answer the committee's questions but on the advice of my counsel I respectfully decline to answer the question based on the protection afforded to me under the Constitution of the United States.

David Duncan

They have no right to own property in the United States because they have no right to be here in the first place.

Diana Hull

Wal-Mart is continuing to be able to expand in the United States even in these difficult times. They're not pulling back and what they're continuing to see is that they're continuing to gain market share from independents, or other not well positioned retailers.

Deborah Weinswig

In the United States, there's a strong taboo against racism; in England it's only happened in the past 15 years. In Spain and Eastern Europe, there is none of this revulsion among most people. There are few people of color, so a black player on the field is a new thing. In that sense, soccer is seen by racists as the vanguard of the world outside sweeping into town.

Simon Kuper

I'm considering running for secretary general of the United Nations. Though I might have to become a professor of literature first.

George Stern

This decision reflects both a wish of the United States and our desire to participate in the stabilization of Afghanistan.

Catherine Colonna

The United States, as a government, has been out of the business of financing infrastructure in Latin America for a long time.

Claudio Loser

France is looking for more economic expansion in Thailand and the region. Politically, this is also a new area to compete to get influence. The United States, China and India are now competing for political influence in ASEAN, and France, a leading European country, does not want to be left out.

Panitan Wattanayagorn

Because I want to save the United States. . . . Hitler has to be beaten.

William Shirer

These intimidation efforts amount to a direct assault on the United States House of Representatives.

Tom Delay

The Northeast United States was the biggest hole in Bank of America's footprint, and this fills it. There are many more banks that want to move into the Northeast. It leaves other banks looking at their second and third choices.

Wayne Bopp

Everybody knows that if the United States were ever to have its best players playing in the Olympics, then it would not be close. You can talk all you want about the rest of the world closing the gap, and that's true. But when the best players in the world are on one team, you're not going to beat them.

Vladimir Radmanovic

We've sent a message to the world that the United States is not like the terrorists.

Arizona Republican

There is no better way to honor Dr. King than to spend Monday giving back to our communities in his memory. He encouraged us to work together to build better, stronger and more united communities and he showed us that we can make a difference.

Jeanne Shaheen

The masses in highly industrialized countries like England, the United States, or France are largely de-Christianized. Technology, and the way of life it produces, undermines Christianity far more effectively than do violent measures.

Czeslaw Milosz

For too long, immigrant women have been abused and exploited in this country. This project aims to challenge the systems that keep immigrant women in slavery-like conditions in the United States. It is shameful that the sexual abuse of poor immigrant women continues in this nation in the 21st century.

Mary Bauer

The United States government is hated universally. But the average American person is not. This distinction is being made not because these countries are interested in cooperation but because of the needs of people.

Dr. Robert Greene

In all likelihood, we have done more to promote the term 'champagne' in the United States than any producer from the Champagne region of France.

Gary Heck

With regard to what the United States is doing on climate change, the actions we have taken are next to none in the world.

Harlan Watson

I think it is embarrassing that in the United States so many people were and are ready to give up on a city that is so unique and lucrative to our nation's history and economy.

Kristen Catalanotto

We are also ready for an immediate start to official talks with the United States on SALT 3.

Sergei Ivanov

This election was about you, the people who live here the victory is yours. I will take your hopes to Ottawa. I will work with a strong and united team of New Democrats.

Olivia Chow

Germany is paralyzed at the worst time for European diplomacy, ... were looking for a stronger, more united, cooperative Europe. Obviously, they are not going to have it.

Dominique Moisi

I'm here today to honor my husband and proudly introduce my friend -- the next president of the United States, John Kerry.

Dana Reeve

Courage, then, for the end draws near! A few more years of persistent, faithful work and the women of the United States will he recognized as the legal equals of men.

Mary Ashton Livermore

The price of a bottle of water for every person in the United States is about what this mission will cost. Just one bottle of water. And yet the information we get about water supplies, the water cycle of the planet, I think is priceless.

Graeme Stephens

The abject poverty revealed by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans exists in every urban area of the United States. It's poverty so severe that it kills people.

Robert Edgar

They say the bad guys we're fighting, the jihadists, represent a theocratic, fascistic movement. If the United States Air Force, probably the most technologically lethal organization ever assembled by man, has a policy of evangelizing 'the unchurched,' you tell me how that makes us look.

Mikey Weinstein

Pebble Beach is the mecca of golf courses. It is one of the top three or four courses in the United States. For golfers, it's a real feather in their cap.

Tim Mcdonald

Although they were united in their defense, there were occasions when their strong and unwavering personalities clashed, ... The prospect of the death penalty in California apparently cased the schism between the mother and son.

Mel Sachs

Why can't it happen now. It would mean a lot for me personally, but also for the whole United States. I know the whole crowd's behind me. I know the whole United States is behind me.

Mebrahtom Keflezighi

'Please see a United representative at the airport to check in.' I'm flying with a presumed terrorist. I guess that's why.

Donna Mitchell

In order to meet the need and seize the opportunity, United has accomplished substantial cost-reductions, nearly $5 billion annually by 2005, that allow us to offer an operation that is competitive with other low-fare carriers.

Sean Donohue

Their accounting systems are often very different from the United States. They can be a little more liberal.

Kevin Mcdevitt

United certainly made a lot of cost reductions. But whether they really had a metamorphosis to compete without the help of a bankruptcy court remains to be seen.

George Hamlin

I'm glad the weather has changed today. It has been the most challenging disasters we have ever dealt with, not just in this region, but in the whole United States.

Gary Jones