„Do you never stop to reflect just what it is that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another, it is for the sovereignty of self-governing peoples“

— Woodrow Wilson

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„She understood what it was like to stand right in front of people you loved, even though they could not see you.“
— Jodi Picoult
„Surely there will be difficult days to come. But the United States will continue to stand up for the rights of the Egyptian people and work with their government in pursuit of a future that is more just, more free, and more hopeful.“
— Barack Obama
„That if you could acquire enough, accomplish enough, you’d never want to own or do another thing. That if you could eat or sleep enough, you’d never need more. That if enough people loved you, you’d stop needing love.“
— Chuck Palahniuk
„Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate.“
— Bruce Lee
„Never ask people. Not about your work. Don't you know what you want? How can you stand it, not to know?“
— Ayn Rand
„Look, sir, I know Angua. She's not the useless type. She doesn't stand there and scream helplessly. She makes other people do that.“
— Terry Pratchett
„Good and bad is tricky," she said. "I ain't too certain about where people stand. P'raps what matters is which way you face.“
— Terry Pratchett
„There shall be no annexations, no contributions, no punitive damage. Peoples are not to be handed about from one sovereignty to another by an international conference or an understanding between rivals and antagonists. National aspirations must be respected; peoples may now be dominated and governed only by their own consent. "Self-determination" is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle“
— Woodrow Wilson
„"We the people, in order to form a more perfect union."Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America's improbable experiment in democracy.“
— Barack Obama