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title: "28 American Children Quotes by 27 authors"
description: "Browse 28 American Children quotes by 27 authors. Discover the best American Children sayings and thoughts."
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> [Most American children suffertoo much mother and too little father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/most-american-children-suffertoo-much-mother-and-too-little-father/)

[Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/)

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> [Television is now the dominant factor in the lives of too many American children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-weyrich/television-is-now-the-dominant-factor-in-the-lives-of-too-many/)

[Paul Weyrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-weyrich/)

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> [Over one in five American children is living in poverty, and the number is rising.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/over-one-in-five-american-children-is-living-in-poverty-and-the/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

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> [It was surreal to step out of my own existence and see how most American children experience things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellar-coltrane/it-was-surreal-to-step-out-of-my-own-existence-and-see-how-most/)

[Ellar Coltrane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellar-coltrane/)

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> [“If U.S. schools don't prepare American children for careers in the surveillance industry, all our spying will be done from India.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/u-s-dept-of-fear/if-u-s-schools-don-t-prepare-american-children-for-careers-in-the/)

[U.S. Dept. of Fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/u-s-dept-of-fear/)

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> [Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/most-american-children-suffer-too-much-mother-and-too-little-father/)

[Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/)

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> [We're also going to fix our inner cities. Forty-five percent of African-American children are - under the age six - are living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/we-re-also-going-to-fix-our-inner-cities-forty-five-percent-of/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [But we made our own fun, mostly. I recall a time, many years later, when American children seemed unable to amuse themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-johnson/but-we-made-our-own-fun-mostly-i-recall-a-time-many-years-later-when/)

[Maureen Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-johnson/)

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> [We cannot stand by and allow the future of our country to be undermined by the reality of American children going hungry!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-mills/we-cannot-stand-by-and-allow-the-future-of-our-country-to-be/)

[Donna Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-mills/)

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> [An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-labov/an-important-aspect-of-the-current-situation-is-the-strong-social/)

[William Labov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-labov/)

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> [Rubio and Cruz bring with them only in America personal stories that rival the 'log cabin' narratives of presidential candidates the 19th…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-c-o-brien/rubio-and-cruz-bring-with-them-only-in-america-personal-stories-that/)

[Robert C. O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-c-o-brien/)

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> [What was most striking about the Obama speech in Berlin was not anything he said so much as the alternative reality it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-rich/what-was-most-striking-about-the-obama-speech-in-berlin-was-not/)

[Frank Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-rich/)

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> [You know, America has profoundly shaped me, and I have two American children and unbelievably rich friendships so it will always be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashraf-ghani/you-know-america-has-profoundly-shaped-me-and-i-have-two-american/)

[Ashraf Ghani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashraf-ghani/)

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> [We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/levar-burton/we-can-t-afford-to-sacrifice-another-generation-of-american-children/)

[LeVar Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/levar-burton/)

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> [“Perhaps the main reason America cannot 'get over' its war with Viet Nam is that Americans cannot fit what happened into its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trin-yarborough/perhaps-the-main-reason-america-cannot-get-over-its-war-with-viet-nam/)

[Trin Yarborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trin-yarborough/)

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> [What the majority of American children needs is to stop being pampered, stop being indulged, stop being chauffeured, stop being catered to.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-landers/what-the-majority-of-american-children-needs-is-to-stop-being/)

[Ann Landers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-landers/)

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> [“In common with Russia, American children seldom play outdoors. Russia can use the excuse of cold weather, but in the United States,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-lindstrom/in-common-with-russia-american-children-seldom-play-outdoors-russia/)

[Martin Lindstrom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-lindstrom/)

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> [24.9 percent of American children live in poverty, while the proportions in Germany, France and Italy are 8.6, 7.4 and 10.5 percent.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-hutton/24-9-percent-of-american-children-live-in-poverty-while-the/)

[Will Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-hutton/)

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> [African American children are significantly more likely to be obese than are white children. Nearly half of African American children will develop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-obama/african-american-children-are-significantly-more-likely-to-be-obese/)

[Michelle Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-obama/)

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> [Twenty per cent of American children grow up in poverty, and that means they get inadequate nutrition, inadequate health care, and because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stiglitz/twenty-per-cent-of-american-children-grow-up-in-poverty-and-that/)

[Joseph Stiglitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stiglitz/)

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> [American children are the heaviest worldwide, and they are getting heavier at a faster rate than other children around the globe. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-fuhrman/american-children-are-the-heaviest-worldwide-and-they-are-getting/)

[Joel Fuhrman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-fuhrman/)

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> [“.. 1 in 7 American children will run away from home, and within 48 hours of running, 1 out of every 3…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carissa-phelps/1-in-7-american-children-will-run-away-from-home-and-within-48-hours/)

[Carissa Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carissa-phelps/)

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> [For African American children, in particular, the odds are extremely high that they will have a parent or loved one, a relative,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-alexander/for-african-american-children-in-particular-the-odds-are-extremely/)

[Michelle Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-alexander/)

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> [The obesity epidemic among American children is becoming so bad that I think there's a growing realization across the country that we've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-schlosser/the-obesity-epidemic-among-american-children-is-becoming-so-bad-that/)

[Eric Schlosser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-schlosser/)

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> [I believe if more American children read the Ten Commandments and are taught what they mean, they will predictably engage in less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-bauer/i-believe-if-more-american-children-read-the-ten-commandments-and-are/)

[Gary Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-bauer/)

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> [I was never allowed to read the popular American children's books of my day because, as my mother said, the children spoke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-wharton/i-was-never-allowed-to-read-the-popular-american-children-s-books-of/)

[Edith Wharton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-wharton/)

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> [I have heard earnest American sociologists say that American children have a right to the divorce experience as an enriching element of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/i-have-heard-earnest-american-sociologists-say-that-american-children/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

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> [During the latency years, American children need experiences that promote academic talents, a sense of responsibility, and most important, a belief that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-kagan/during-the-latency-years-american-children-need-experiences-that/)

[Jerome Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-kagan/)

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