--- title: "13 American Nation Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 American Nation quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best American Nation sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/george-w-bush-64_enemy_american-nation-will-not-wait-to-be-atta_1889511.jpg" --- > [American nation will not wait to be attacked again. We will defend our freedom and we will take the fight to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/american-nation-will-not-wait-to-be-attacked-again-we-will-defend-our/) [George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/george-w-bush-64_enemy_american-nation-will-not-wait-to-be-atta_1889511.jpg) > [The government of Iran has no problem with the American nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-ahmadinejad/the-government-of-iran-has-no-problem-with-the-american-nation/) [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-ahmadinejad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-3130_american_the-government-of-iran-has-no-problem-wi_61018.jpg) > [We are not only a Latin American nation, we are an Afro-American nation also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fidel-castro/we-are-not-only-a-latin-american-nation-we-are-an-afro-american/) [Fidel Castro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fidel-castro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/fidel-castro-2285_afro_we-are-not-only-a-latin-american-nation_2700315.jpg) > [The American nation in the sixth ward is a fine people; they love the eagle - on the back of a dollar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finley-peter-dunne/the-american-nation-in-the-sixth-ward-is-a-fine-people-they-love-the/) [Finley Peter Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finley-peter-dunne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/finley-peter-dunne-8007_america_the-american-nation-in-the-sixth-ward-is_2817958.jpg) > [American nation was not founded on political principles. This nation was founded on spiritual principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/american-nation-was-not-founded-on-political-principles-this-nation/) [Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/marco-rubio-355_nations_american-nation-was-not-founded-on-polit_953480.png) > [The American nation, in its march onward and upward, can not publicly choke the intellectual and political activity of half its citizens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/the-american-nation-in-its-march-onward-and-upward-can-not-publicly/) [Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/victoria-woodhull-9250_activity_the-american-nation-in-its-march-onward_1615981.jpg) > [The very first words that we, the American nation, spoke were right here in Philadelphia. You know those words: "We the people."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-gore/the-very-first-words-that-we-the-american-nation-spoke-were-right/) [Al Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-gore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/651/al-gore-609_corporations_the-very-first-words-that-we-the-america_785134.jpg) > [If the national mind of America be judged of by its legislation, it is of a very high order ... If the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-martineau/if-the-national-mind-of-america-be-judged-of-by-its-legislation-it-is/) [Harriet Martineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-martineau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/harriet-martineau-6736_america_if-the-national-mind-of-america-be-judge_2050266.png) > [No nation is better than its sacred book. In that book are expressed its highest ideals of life, and no nation rises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-josiah-brewer/no-nation-is-better-than-its-sacred-book-in-that-book-are-expressed/) [David Josiah Brewer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-josiah-brewer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/david-josiah-brewer-30601_bible_no-nation-is-better-than-its-sacred-book_543374.jpg) > [The American Dream can no more remain static than can the American nation… We cannot any longer take an old approach to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-roosevelt/the-american-dream-can-no-more-remain-static-than-can-the-american/) [Eleanor Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/eleanor-roosevelt-381_america_the-american-dream-can-no-more-remain-st_1680385.jpg) > [“There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American.  The only man who is a good American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-hyphenated-american-who-is-a-good/) [Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/theodore-roosevelt-218_american_there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-hyphenated-a_2354192.jpg) > [It's a historical phenomenon that in 250 years, a nation could move from a colony into the most prosperous nation of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/it-s-a-historical-phenomenon-that-in-250-years-a-nation-could-move/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/336/vladimir-putin-261_achievement_it-s-a-historical-phenomenon-that-in-250_177906.jpg) > [We do not want an expanding struggle with consequences, that no one can perceive, nor will we bluster or bully or flaunt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyndon-b-johnson/we-do-not-want-an-expanding-struggle-with-consequences-that-no-one/) [Lyndon B. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyndon-b-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ab/lyndon-b-johnson-684_behinds_we-do-not-want-an-expanding-struggle-wit_311129.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-nation/#itemlist", "name": "American Nation Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "American nation will not wait to be attacked again. We will defend our freedom and we will take the fight to the enemy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George W. 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