The Panama Canal was dug with a microscope. Votes: 4
We should keep [the Panama Canal]. After all, we stole it fair and square. Votes: 4
The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months. Votes: 4
Who's Britannica to tell me that the Panama Canal was built in 1914? If I want to say that it was built in 1941, that's my right as an American. Votes: 4
My impression about the Panama Canal is that the great revolution it is going to introduce in the trade of the world is in the trade between the east and the west coast of the United States. Votes: 4
Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's just a mix of so many great things: African, Caribbean, Latin American Spanish, all kinds of influences there. Votes: 4
Nothing so challenges the American spirit as tackling the biggest job on earth....Americans are stimulated by the big job; the Panama Canal, Boulder Dam, Grand Coulee, Lower Colorado River developments, the tallest building in the world, the mightiest battleship. Votes: 4
Regarding the Panama Canal Treaty negotiations, they will find us standing up or dead, but never on our knees; NEVER! Votes: 3
When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it was more than a simple photo op. Though the scene was clearly staged, it symbolized a crucial moment in American history. Votes: 3
New York State is giant and has some of the most beautiful landscape on the Eastern seaboard. There is so much history in New York State, from the Erie Canal to the Catskills, the birth of American stand-up comedy. Votes: 3 Adam Savage
So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami. Votes: 5 Ruben Blades