“Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people.”

“And I know it doesn't last for anything more than a second-----sometimes there is perfect understanding between two people who can't stand one another.”

“And there are people that will stand in your corner and convince you to stand up for another round no matter what.”

“A country isn't a rock. And it isn't an extension of one's self. *It's what it stands for, when standing for something is the most difficult!* Before the people of the world - let it now be noted in our decision here that this is what *we* stand for: *justice, truth... and the value of a single human being!* ”

“America?" said Gamesh, smiling. "Roland, what's American to you? Or me, or those tens of thousands up in the the stands? It's just a word they use to keep your nose to the grindstone and your toes to the line. America is the opiate of the people.”

“I don't know what's worse by number in America, the vacant houses standing, or the homeless people falling into them.”