We wonder if we will be the first generation in American history to leave our children with fewer opportunities and a less prosperous nation than the one we inherited.

Black history is American history.

Throughout human history the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed.

In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins.

I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.

Without question the Red Ryder BB gun is the most important gun in the history of American weaponry.

Americans are rising to the tasks of history and they expect the same of us.

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then and it is misremembered now.

I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history.

American history is longer larger more various more beautiful and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.

President Barack Obama has stood watch over the greatest job loss in modern American history. And that my friends is one inconvenient truth that will haunt this President throughout history.

The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some malign trap door in American culture and the wild bats flapped out.

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

We therefore here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy and we like them will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.

The highest-income Americans don't need tax-free health insurance mortgage interest deductions or deferred taxation on retirement funds.

Making sure that health care is affordable for every American. I think that is very very important.

Many of us believe that we need health care reform. That being said - Americans felt like they weren't being listened to. There were a lot of people across the political spectrum who said we don't want a one-size-fits-all healthcare plan.

Security is still the most important issue facing Washington state residents and millions of Americans - the security of having a job of access to affordable health care of a quality education and of protecting our homeland and defending our nation.

Yes I do agree we need health care reform however this bill badly misses the mark. Congress can and must do better for the American people.

Conservatives shouldn't count on the Supreme Court to do our work for us on Obamacare. The Court may rule as it should and strike down the mandate. But it may not. And even if it does the future of health care in America - and for that matter the future of limited government - depends ultimately on the verdict of the American people.

As we get closer to the end of this Congress we should be addressing the urgent needs of the American people - the war in Iraq affordable health care a sensible energy policy quality education for our children retirement security and a sound and fair fiscal policy.

The good news is Americans know firsthand the benefits of a free market - more choices lower prices higher quality - and there is no reason why we cannot help them see these same benefits in health care.