“the character of American civilization is a bundle of contradictions,” — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
The enemies of American civilization-- for such are the enemies of slavery-- seem to be more on the alert than its friends. — William Walker Copy Share Image
“American civilization isn’t advancing as fast as our military is. The only problem is we should be retreating.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
We strain to tell Americans and aliens in this country that there's nothing unique about America, nothing unique about American civilization, nothing… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
Perhaps the two most valuable and satisfactory products of American civilization are the librarian on the one hand and the cocktail in… — Louis Stanley Copy Share Image
Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others. — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
American civilization, from its beginnings, had combined a dogmatic confidence in the future with a naive puzzlement over what the future might… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
It was one of the great mass achievements of American civilization, and we did it because we thought if you were going… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
The keynote of American civilization is a sort of warm-hearted vulgarity. The Americans have none of the irony of the English, none… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not… — Sullivan Ballou Copy Share Image
If we have an element of Americans here that reject western civilization, and that's a big element, that reject western civilization, then… — Steve King Copy Share Image
The character of Anglo-American civilization . . . is the product . . . of two perfectly distinct elements that elsewhere have… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
There will be no room, here, for the smug myopia which views American civilization as the final solution to all world problems;… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
We live in a new and exceptional age. America is another word for Opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
