United States
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- Oak Lawn, Illinois, a suburb southwest of Chicago, Illinois
- Oak Lawn (Ridgely, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland
- Oak Lawn (Huntsboro, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina
- Oak Lawn, Dallas, Texas, a neighborhood
- Oak Lawn (Charlottesville, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Virginia
- Oak Lawn (Madison Heights, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Virginia
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Famous quotes related to united states:
“Europe and the U.K. are yesterday’s world. Tomorrow is in the United States.”
—R.W. ‘Tiny’ Rowland (b. 1917)
“What makes the United States government, on the whole, more tolerable—I mean for us lucky white men—is the fact that there is so much less of government with us.... But in Canada you are reminded of the government every day. It parades itself before you. It is not content to be the servant, but will be the master; and every day it goes out to the Plains of Abraham or to the Champs de Mars and exhibits itself and toots.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The real charm of the United States is that it is the only comic country ever heard of.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“Places where he might live and die and never hear of the United States, which make such a noise in the world,—never hear of America, so called from the name of a European gentleman.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The United States have a coffle of four millions of slaves. They are determined to keep them in this condition; and Massachusetts is one of the confederated overseers to prevent their escape.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)