Kay Granger Quotes

Britain is at its best when we stand up for the values that we believe in.

The most American thing in America

The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.

We cannot shun our values as an immigrant nation. This is a wrong path. And while possibly it is a short-term political victory based on division and based on creating a wedge issue that splits people in this country, it is a long-term defeat for this Nation.

A society is only as great as the values that it enshrines as part of its ethos. A society is only as great as the extent to which it is willing to defend its identity.

Everybody has values. Now, you know it may be formed in a secular setting, it may be formed in an intellectual setting, but everybody comes forward with values.

Personally, I believe in self-determination, but in the context of one South Africa - so that my self-determination is based in this region, and with my people.

Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.

And we should be a welcoming nation. Our identity is not based on race or ethnicity, it's based on a set of shared values. That's American citizenship.

I love my people. They have the right to live like any other nation on Earth.

I like traditions, and the national anthem is important.

I am proud to be an American, and proud that such beliefs are at the core of our country and its citizens.

We may be a nation of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans, but first and foremost we are all human beings and Americans.

America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.

One of the very hallmarks of our nation is the ideal of E Pluribus Unum. It is a concept that richly flows from the highest ideals of our nation.

We may disagree among ourselves, but let us never lose sight of that greater battle for one people, one country, one Philippines.

Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character.

I've been marching in every single ethnic nationality parade all throughout the City of New York. We're all Americans first and foremost, but people understand their heritage and it's good to see.

For the state of our union to be strong, we need to place value in Americans.

You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by any of your impositions.

You can't have integrity for breakfast, but try and keep it because it is perhaps the single most important word that defines not just writers but all human beings.

Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood.

People want to see this America, this real America.

To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag.

We are a multicultural country - always have been, and to our credit, always will be. It is something that we should be very proud of and embrace.