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title: "7 Americans Best Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Americans Best quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Americans Best sayings and thoughts."
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> [I think Americans are at our best when we recover from a crisis. We've suffered some blows that other countries would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-brooks/i-think-americans-are-at-our-best-when-we-recover-from-a-crisis-we-ve/)

[Max Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/194/max-brooks-2735_america_i-think-americans-are-at-our-best-when-w_198182.png)

> [Americans are at our best when we build bridges between us, not walls around us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-swalwell/americans-are-at-our-best-when-we-build-bridges-between-us-not-walls/)

[Eric Swalwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-swalwell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06e/eric-swalwell-10862_america_americans-are-at-our-best-when-we-build_369509.jpg)

> [. . . Americans are the best entertained and quite likely the least well-informed people in the Western world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-postman/americans-are-the-best-entertained-and-quite-likely-the-least-well/)

[Neil Postman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-postman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b2/neil-postman-1598_americans_americans-are-the-best-entertained-and-q_433202.jpg)

> [We, Americans, have the best country on the planet. We have schools, universities, food, water, energy, peaceful neighbors, low corruption, you name…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-dimon/we-americans-have-the-best-country-on-the-planet-we-have-schools/)

[Jamie Dimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-dimon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/jamie-dimon-1320_americans_we-americans-have-the-best-country-on-th_1394551.jpg)

> [I love the Americans. They are my best friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/idi-amin/i-love-the-americans-they-are-my-best-friends/)

[Idi Amin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/idi-amin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bd/idi-amin-25070_america_i-love-the-americans-they-are-my-best-fr_2609562.jpg)

> [We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the last twenty-four hours; we are the not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/we-americans-are-the-best-informed-people-on-earth-as-to-the-events/)

[Will Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-durant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/will-durant-948_americans_we-americans-are-the-best-informed-peopl_2638591.png)

> [Never criticize Americans. They have the best taste that money can buy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-kington/never-criticize-americans-they-have-the-best-taste-that-money-can-buy/)

[Miles Kington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-kington/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/miles-kington-58198_america_never-criticize-americans-they-have-the_2814506.jpg)

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