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title: "15 American Thing Quotes by 14 authors"
description: "Browse 15 American Thing quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best American Thing sayings and thoughts."
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> [“The most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/the-most-un-american-thing-you-can-say-is-you-can-t-say-that/)

[Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/)

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> [I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-think-the-most-un-american-thing-you-can-say-is-you-can-t-say-that/)

[Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/)

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> [The term "trash talk" is such an American thing. I still laugh at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-mcgregor/the-term-trash-talk-is-such-an-american-thing-i-still-laugh-at-it/)

[Conor McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-mcgregor/)

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> [It's a very American thing to hide away from death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-fincher/it-s-a-very-american-thing-to-hide-away-from-death/)

[David Fincher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-fincher/)

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> [The most un-American thing you can do is to stifle dissent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/utah-phillips/the-most-un-american-thing-you-can-do-is-to-stifle-dissent/)

[Utah Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/utah-phillips/)

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> [A peacetime draft is the most un-American thing I know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/a-peacetime-draft-is-the-most-un-american-thing-i-know/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

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> [I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-s-truman-2/i-ve-said-many-a-time-that-i-think-the-un-american-activities/)

[Harry S Truman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-s-truman-2/)

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> [And children, if your parents haven't been teaching you what it means to be an American, let 'em know and nail 'em…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/and-children-if-your-parents-haven-t-been-teaching-you-what-it-means/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [“I deigned to suggest to him that it was also the American thing -- America was nothing if not good intentions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandar-hemon/i-deigned-to-suggest-to-him-that-it-was-also-the-american-thing/)

[Aleksandar Hemon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandar-hemon/)

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> [It's a uniquely American thing that we as individuals not relying on government but we as individuals pitch in to make our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-bush/it-s-a-uniquely-american-thing-that-we-as-individuals-not-relying-on/)

[Neil Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-bush/)

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> [I was taught from a very early age that it was probably the most American thing you can do is to question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/i-was-taught-from-a-very-early-age-that-it-was-probably-the-most/)

[Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/)

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> [It's a very American thing that everything has to be a business. Americans think... I like America, or I would not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/it-s-a-very-american-thing-that-everything-has-to-be-a-business/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

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> [The Hall Of Fame thing, it's an American thing. We don't have that in England or Germany or Australia or Russia or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-gillan/the-hall-of-fame-thing-it-s-an-american-thing-we-don-t-have-that-in/)

[Ian Gillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-gillan/)

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> [You always want what you can't have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born, I could never enter that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitski/you-always-want-what-you-can-t-have-and-that-all-american-thing-from/)

[Mitski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitski/)

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> [I don't know if it's a uniquely American thing, but I associate it that way. People get excited by this idea of,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saikat-chakrabarti/i-don-t-know-if-it-s-a-uniquely-american-thing-but-i-associate-it/)

[Saikat Chakrabarti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saikat-chakrabarti/)

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