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title: "35 Americans People Quotes by 34 authors"
description: "Browse 35 Americans People quotes by 34 authors. Discover the best Americans People sayings and thoughts."
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> [I think we Americans, of all people, understand the importance of a good, legal, constitutional framework as the basis of political life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bremer/i-think-we-americans-of-all-people-understand-the-importance-of-a/)

[Paul Bremer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bremer/)

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> [The hard-working Americans, the people who made this country so great, they've been left in the dust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump-jr/the-hard-working-americans-the-people-who-made-this-country-so-great/)

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

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> [Many Americans, and many more people around the world, have been outraged by what they see as President George W. Bush's radical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-kinzer/many-americans-and-many-more-people-around-the-world-have-been/)

[Stephen Kinzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-kinzer/)

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> [Are these the Americans? People remain silent and placate the Americans. By God, they only deserve scorn. We slaughtered them yesterday and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-saeed-al-sahaf/are-these-the-americans-people-remain-silent-and-placate-the/)

[Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-saeed-al-sahaf/)

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> [They are all a rotten lot. Schmidt and the Americans and we are the only people who would do any standing up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/they-are-all-a-rotten-lot-schmidt-and-the-americans-and-we-are-the/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

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> [And, gentlemen, they have not yet done so, and it is quite clear that no Americans, no people in the world probably,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/and-gentlemen-they-have-not-yet-done-so-and-it-is-quite-clear-that-no/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

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> [Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-v-lucas/americans-are-people-who-prefer-the-continent-to-their-own-country/)

[E. V. Lucas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-v-lucas/)

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> [Abraham Lincoln spoke out against the Mexican War. But once Americans were under fire, people who were on the fence felt obliged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-w-brands/abraham-lincoln-spoke-out-against-the-mexican-war-but-once-americans/)

[H. W. Brands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-w-brands/)

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> [ Now 10 percent of this population \[in Iceland\] of 330,000 people were born elsewhere - Polish, North Africans, Europeans, Americans - people… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sjon/now-10-percent-of-this-population-in-iceland-of-330-000-people-were/)

[Sjon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sjon/)

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> [I think that may be the biggest difference between Americans and people elsewhere. Unlike Americans, Canadians know that there are places just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-jacobs/i-think-that-may-be-the-biggest-difference-between-americans-and/)

[Jane Jacobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-jacobs/)

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> [I have a very great respect for Americans, and having been a correspondent in this country, and I believe that Americans are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-muggeridge/i-have-a-very-great-respect-for-americans-and-having-been-a/)

[Malcolm Muggeridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-muggeridge/)

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> [...I think the Americans are the only people who have good beds. I consider the American bedroom unparalleled for freshness, comfort, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-w-sherwood/i-think-the-americans-are-the-only-people-who-have-good-beds-i/)

[M. E. W. Sherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-w-sherwood/)

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> [It's risky to show poor Americans. People see it as a downer. But I really wanted to make a tightly wound piece…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-granik/it-s-risky-to-show-poor-americans-people-see-it-as-a-downer-but-i/)

[Debra Granik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-granik/)

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> [All great enterprises have a pearl of faith at their core, and this must be ours: that Americans are still a people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-daniels/all-great-enterprises-have-a-pearl-of-faith-at-their-core-and-this-2/)

[Mitch Daniels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-daniels/)

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> [Over the summer I thought that I would seek out non-Americans as friends, just for diversity's sake. Now I find that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-clinton/over-the-summer-i-thought-that-i-would-seek-out-non-americans-as/)

[Chelsea Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-clinton/)

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> [There are no people in the world who are so slow to develop hostile feelings against a foreign country as the Americans,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/there-are-no-people-in-the-world-who-are-so-slow-to-develop-hostile/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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> [Just because they broke the law doesn't mean they're condemned forever to a twilight status. So, I think that most Americans, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/just-because-they-broke-the-law-doesn-t-mean-they-re-condemned-2/)

[John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/)

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> [Americans, more than most people, believe that history is the result of individual decisions to implement conscious intentions. For Americans, more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/americans-more-than-most-people-believe-that-history-is-the-result-of/)

[George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/)

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> [I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of course. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/i-think-it-s-only-in-a-crisis-that-americans-see-other-people-it-has/)

[Don DeLillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-delillo/)

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> [When you go to China and the developing world, people understand more clearly the dangers that are coming at them because they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mckibben/when-you-go-to-china-and-the-developing-world-people-understand-more/)

[Bill McKibben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mckibben/)

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> [40, 50 years ago, Americans - the majority of Americans did not want to accept these Vietnamese refugees who they saw as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nguyen-viet-thang/40-50-years-ago-americans-the-majority-of-americans-did-not-want-to/)

[Nguyen Viet Thang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nguyen-viet-thang/)

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> [“Yet the old faith in the power of Bryce's "amazing solvent" to fulfill Washington's conception of Americans as "one people" held fast.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/yet-the-old-faith-in-the-power-of-bryce-s-amazing-solvent-to-fulfill/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

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> [“But more than that, they give nobody else credit for knowing how to laugh, or even how to make up his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-boyington/but-more-than-that-they-give-nobody-else-credit-for-knowing-how-to/)

[Gregory Boyington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-boyington/)

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> [All of us, as humans, as Americans, as people who are lucky enough to be a part of this country's ideals, should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-ruhle/all-of-us-as-humans-as-americans-as-people-who-are-lucky-enough-to-be/)

[Stephanie Ruhle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-ruhle/)

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> [Americans are a can-do people, an enthusiastic people, a problem-solving people. And when given a direction and given a plan, they'll sign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cisneros/americans-are-a-can-do-people-an-enthusiastic-people-a-problem/)

[Henry Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cisneros/)

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> [It's not in our nature. Americans have never been a people that drive through a nice neighborhood and say, 'Oh, I hate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/it-s-not-in-our-nature-americans-have-never-been-a-people-that-drive/)

[Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/)

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> [What distinguishes Americans from many people in the world is our kind of endemic optimism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-albright/what-distinguishes-americans-from-many-people-in-the-world-is-our/)

[Madeleine Albright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-albright/)

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> [All great enterprises have a pearl of faith at their core, and this must be ours: that Americans are still a people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-daniels/all-great-enterprises-have-a-pearl-of-faith-at-their-core-and-this/)

[Mitch Daniels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-daniels/)

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> [Like Americans, people outside America want fun, want an emotional compensation for the utilitarianism and calculation that mark the rest of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-gitlin/like-americans-people-outside-america-want-fun-want-an-emotional/)

[Todd Gitlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-gitlin/)

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> [We are invisible to them because we are still the Human Beings, were still the People, but they will never call us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-trudell/we-are-invisible-to-them-because-we-are-still-the-human-beings-were/)

[John Trudell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-trudell/)

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> [As African-Americans, people of that generation felt pretty much if they were going to see changes in the world, they had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-bridges/as-african-americans-people-of-that-generation-felt-pretty-much-if/)

[Ruby Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-bridges/)

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> [Americans were people who wanted to leave every place better than they found it, to leave every man more of a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-benson/americans-were-people-who-wanted-to-leave-every-place-better-than/)

[Stella Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-benson/)

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> [Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fussell/americans-are-the-only-people-in-the-world-known-to-me-whose-status/)

[Paul Fussell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fussell/)

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> [“Here in the early years of our new century, as at the turn of the last, we are once again at war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/here-in-the-early-years-of-our-new-century-as-at-the-turn-of-the-last/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

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> [The elite cannot understand why President Trump is liked by so many Americans, nor why people flock to his rallies. Yet, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trish-regan/the-elite-cannot-understand-why-president-trump-is-liked-by-so-many/)

[Trish Regan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trish-regan/)

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