America Quotes by Henry Rollins

The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.

— Henry Rollins

America was cool with Saddam Hussein when he was killing Iranians.

— Henry Rollins

Chris Christie is New Jersey's concern, not America's.

— Henry Rollins

Most Americans are very cool people.

— Henry Rollins

It is very difficult to tell Americans that they can't do something.

— Henry Rollins

America is a rough room and you don't know what might come your way, so you have to be prepared for almost…

— Henry Rollins

'Duck Dynasty' is a ridiculous show, and long may it wave. America and democracy will endure. They've seen a lot worse.

— Henry Rollins

You can say, "Well, I have a question," and someone will say, "Oh, so you hate America." And it has nothing to…

— Henry Rollins

America sold VX nerve gas and anthrax to Iraq for years, even after the Halabja gas attack, which killed thousands of Kurds.

— Henry Rollins

If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America.

— Henry Rollins

America has 2.2 million of it's citizens incarcerated. It's a statistic we should be ashamed of...

— Henry Rollins

America's foreign policy lacks the backbone to do the right thing in Afghanistan - which is leave.

— Henry Rollins

It's hard to keep your backbone straight in America. It's easy to turn into that which you hate, and to get smashed.

— Henry Rollins

America is off-the-hook gay. I will not go all Ann Coulter on you and say, 'Our gays are better than their gays,'…

— Henry Rollins

To our enemies all over the world who plan America's demise, please take my advice. Give up now. No matter what, you…

— Henry Rollins

I'd love to talk to Janeane Garafalo or Randi Rhodes or Stephanie Miller from Air America. I'm an Air American junkie; I…

— Henry Rollins

What if Americans were all judged by the actions of the Bush administration and people did not know the truth? That America…

— Henry Rollins

There is not one single police officer in America that I am not afraid of and not one that I would trust…

— Henry Rollins

It is instilled in thousands of American males from an early age that one of their requirements is to be able to…

— Henry Rollins

That's where the economy is going. It went somewhere. Just not to America. And the money made? That went to the Cayman…

— Henry Rollins

I wonder what it's like to be from a state that is spread across a few islands way out in the Pacific…

— Henry Rollins

Barack Obama's administration responded to the Haitian crisis within 24 hours. Here comes the soldiers, here comes the food, go go go...…

— Henry Rollins

I'm not trying to amass people in the streets. I just want them to be more aware. So many Americans, for one…

— Henry Rollins

I am a white guy in America with an education, albeit high school, but a pretty good one. Another guy from a…

— Henry Rollins

In America, quite often, for people from a certain economic position two choices become very evident as to their adult life. One…

— Henry Rollins

Probably over half of America does not have a passport. If young people could spend two weeks of their life in India…

— Henry Rollins

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

— Henry Rollins

I have watched independent record stores evaporate all over America and Europe. That's why I go into as many as I can…

— Henry Rollins

America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice.

— Henry Rollins

I think Americans suffer for their lack of travel, awareness of the world. It has horribly warped our sense of place in…

— Henry Rollins

To me, the real 'state of the union' is found in how Americans react to current events.

— Henry Rollins

Consumerism is at once the engine of America and simultaneously one of the most revealing indicators of our collective shallowness.

— Henry Rollins

I live my life by the numbers. Not only am I an American, I am an Americanist.

— Henry Rollins

I think that America certainly has racism, I think that any industrialized country does. But when you see how many million fans…

— Henry Rollins

If people are being upstanding citizens of the Republic, then you have to widen the net to incarcerate them. This explains why…

— Henry Rollins

At times, I feel America is something that I can actually put my arms around, more than a land mass and a…

— Henry Rollins

I think we are in fact, losing free speech. We don't seem to care though. Many of us don't seem to notice.…

— Henry Rollins

In many ways, America is on the receiving end of a pendulum that has been swung with great force, and for a…

— Henry Rollins

What I'm saying is America has a job deficit because hundreds of thousands of jobs went elsewhere. Not because [Barack] Obama raised…

— Henry Rollins

All of the jobs have gone away to satisfy the stockholders, so that's where the economy has gone. These major multinational corporations…

— Henry Rollins