John Boehner Quotes

I do not mix up Bush's America with the American people. The American people are our friends.

Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. Stand up with our President and fight. We're Americans. We're Americans, and we'll never surrender. They will.

Happy are all free peoples, too strong to he dispossessed. But blessed are those among nations who dare to be strong for the rest!

Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way. I believe that you have to stand up.

Usually, the leaders appear in the moment of the highest stress, when it is time, speaking symbolically, to go to the barricades. Then people, clever, capable, but focused on their own tasks, will leave their immediate occupations and go to the barricades, because there is nowhere to hide.

As a queen, I speak about unity and respect. I think that is the most important thing.

If there is a thread that unites all of our work, whether it's in Iowa or whether it's in Maryland or whether it's among our young men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan, I believe that it's the thread of human dignity.

There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us.

Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet.

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best.

Difficult times often bring out the best in people.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Passion and standing up for things can help create a sense of unity. But you still have to act a certain way.

It is in times of great tragedy when the true spirit of our wonderful country unites as one.

A man of strength and wisdom, John Paul became an inspiration to generations of both Catholics and non-Catholics throughout the world by encouraging freedom, promoting peace and respecting all faiths.

That's not in my nature to run away - I'll stand up and fight.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

Shock, confusion, fear, anger, grief, and defiance. On Sept. 11, 2001, and for the three days following the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, President George W. Bush led with raw emotion that reflected the public's whipsawing stages of acceptance.

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.

If we're afraid to stand in our own skin with those we work with, then how do we lead those who have no voice at all?

If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage.

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

It is during difficult times like this that the true American spirit reveals itself. I am not talking only of the response of local, state, and federal governments, although they will each play an extremely important role in this effort.

Someone has to stand up for wimps.

We have gone through some difficult times like everyone else and perhaps our working together and respecting each other's abilities, in addition to that little thing called love, helped us survive.