Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to…

“With its emphasis on stability and Christian unity, colonial Virginia was not a receptive place for religious dissenters. Catholic clergy were banned, and in…

— Steven K. Green

I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfather was a small businessman. His father was an abolitionist doctor,…

— Pete Seeger

America, 5 years after this brutal attack, is testament that a Nation conceived in liberty and equality will endure. It is a triumph of…

— Nick Rahall

I travel up and down the country and I've been all around the middle of America for many years. Middle America is not one…

— Wynton Marsalis

Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains.

— Paul Whiteman

I go down to South America every four or five years or so.

— B. J. Thomas

It will take America fifteen years of steady taking care of our own business and letting everybody else's alone, to get us back to…

— Will Rogers

There are other people, other economies, governments, cultures, religions, and destinies going on at the same time as yours. You have to widen the…

— Henry Rollins

I did all of California from north to south. I did Florida from north to south. I went to the Midwest. I spent time…

— Daniel Boulud

My mom came to America when I was six years old, and I didn't live with them until I was ten. They worked really…

— Dania Ramirez

“You've lived in America for twenty years. Eat badly, damn it.”

— Jennifer Crusie

I've been in America for almost ten years. I've had many parts of the American experience. I've been all over this country and seen…

— Van Morrison

“there is some evidence that governments are getting even more sluggish. It took America four years to build the Golden Gate Bridge, starting in…

— John Micklethwait

You don't have to be satisfied with America as you find it. You can change it. I didn't like the way I found America…

— Upton Sinclair

Nowhere is wisdom more necessary than in the guidance of charitable impulses. Meaning well is only half our duty; Thinking right is the other,…

— Samuel Gridley Howe