The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But it's a joke a blot on American history.

The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs the final battleground of the American dream where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.

The American is wholeheartedly for love and romance at any cost.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert the empty space the drama.

Well being that at the house and being in the competition it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But being the American Idol the focus would have been on me.

Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans.

Second this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.

With respect to Barack Obama let's face it Barack Obama is an iconic figure in the African-American community. We respect that. We understand that. African-Americans are going to vote for the first black president especially when he happens to share the liberal politics on economic issues that many in that community hold.

American officials have bent over backwards to show how sensitive they are to Muslim culture. It didn't seem very effective. They seem to be worried about winning the respect of other people.

Alabama citizens like the vast majority of Americans respect and value the meaning of decency and appreciate public institutions that reflect the common values of our society.

Americans will respect your beliefs if you just keep them private.

I respect the president. He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help the country we both love. But the question each of us wants the voters to answer is who will be the better president not who is the better American.

I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American people and the American way.

I understand the Second Amendment. I respect the Second Amendment. I think we need to use common sense tools to keep the American people safe to keep our streets safe.

Americanism demands loyalty to the teacher and respect for his lesson.

I want to say with the utmost of sincerity not as a Republican but as an American that I have great respect for Senator Obama's historic achievement to become his party's nominee not because of his color but with indifference to it.

I've had the greatest respect for my work in this country by Americans. Critics have no brains.

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.

We shall listen not lecture learn not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy not on military might.

Like the average American that I hang out with and like my father before me I raised all my children to respect tools and use them wisely and safely.

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.

Americans have been conditioned to respect newness whatever it costs them.

Buddhism has become a socially recognized religious philosophy for Americans whereas it used to be considered an exotic religion.