Americans Quotes · Page 23

Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources

— Barbara Boxer

When all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free.

— Barack Obama

Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

— Marilyn Horne

We [Americans] are a football-baseball-basketball-golf culture with some ocassional forays into tennis and less often the winter sports.

— Michael Wilbon

We will, as Americans, inhale another culture on a fork before we try their music or their art or even, God forbid,…

— Andrew Zimmern

Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn't just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us…

— Bianca Jagger

I think most Americans are ready for waging peace and not just brutalizing our foreign policy which is boomeranging against us.

— Ralph Nader

“He's always had more than his fair share of what we call cheek and what Americans call can-do spirit.”

— Mary Ann Shaffer

“At best Americans give but a limited attention to history. Too much happens too rapidly, and before we can evaluate it, or…

— Ralph Ellison

It's a tragedy, in a way, that Americans are brought up to think that they cannot feel for other people and other…

— Alice Walker

Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are…

— Adam Schiff

Americans will forever be proud of the brave men and women of our armed forces who served in World War II, and…

— Ben Rhodes

We are so lucky Americans are impressive with what they're willing to give. We get bashed too much. And, so many young…

— Jami Gertz

Average Americans are going to win this, not me. And not just your organization, not just the providers of health care, but…

— Charlie Norwood

Americans sadly, are the #1 consumers worldwide. We drive the market. American citizens. That struck me - like a lightning bolt! And…

— Mike Tomlin

Americans voted for Trump. A lot of people in this country feel the system of representative democracy hasn't worked for them for…

— Masha Gessen

“For most Americans, money and calories are always on their minds, although they burn too much of one, and not enough of…

— Jarod Kintz

Americans don't like to stand by while innocent people are killed and watch a human disaster unfold. It goes against our very…

— Kathleen Troia McFarland

I think a lot of Americans forget that they are not originally from here, that somebody in their past was a refugee.

— Milana Vayntrub

[M]ore Americans work for federal, state or local government than work in any form of manufacturing. We crossed that Rubicon about 10…

— Ann Coulter

I make a pretty good living compared to most Americans, but I don't hang out with a lot of people who aren't…

— Everlast

Americans have a special horror of giving up control, of letting things happen in their own way without interference.

— William S. Burroughs

“The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the…

— Aberjhani

“Americans tend to play different roles, hoping that somehow they’ll stumble on the right one.”

— Gore Vidal

Americans are hungry for change both at home and in our relations with the rest of the world.

— Susan Rice

Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke.

— Alan Dundes

I don't want fans to think we're clean, upstanding American boys, but we are Americans, and we do stand up.

— Joe Perry

Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They're not laughing with us, they…

— A. A. Gill

And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

— Anonymous

This is how Americans think. You believe that if something terrible happens to someone, they must have deserved it.

— Barbara Kingsolver

While we may have very different ideas and core philosophies, at the end of the day, we are all Americans. We do…

— Mike Johnson

No matter how rough things can be at times, many Americans are optimistic and on the move.

— Henry Rollins

I am against all machines. It's no wonder that so many Americans go on dope when they have no other cultural stimulus…

— James Purdy

Most people don't see themselves as Democrats or Republicans. They see themselves as Americans.

— Michael Moore

We all love narratives where we're the captain of our boat, and Americans love them more than anybody else.

— Anne-Marie Slaughter

That's what we Americans do when we find a place that's really special. We go there and act exactly like ourselves. And…

— Sarah Vowell

Few Americans give more to their country than our diplomats and the men and women of the United States Armed Forces.

— Barack Obama

It's time for Americans to stop worrying about Kim Kardashian and figure out how we're gonna save our kids.

— Al Barr

The fact is, my friends, most Americans don't want more government. They want less government.

— Mike Huckabee

In a sense, all Americans are battle-born. Our ancestors came here for something better.

— Brandon Flowers