--- title: "12 Happened America Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Happened America quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Happened America sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/danielle-macdonald-8379_act_i-wanted-to-act-wherever-that-was-i-was_2357758.jpg" --- > [I wanted to act; wherever that was, I was happy. It just happened to be in America for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-macdonald/i-wanted-to-act-wherever-that-was-i-was-happy-it-just-happened-to-be/) [Danielle Macdonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-macdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/danielle-macdonald-8379_act_i-wanted-to-act-wherever-that-was-i-was_2357758.jpg) > [I've seen what's happened to America. We're no longer respected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/i-ve-seen-what-s-happened-to-america-we-re-no-longer-respected/) [Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c2/donald-trump-18_america_i-ve-seen-what-s-happened-to-america-we_2158656.jpg) > [The worst thing that ever happened to America was the 19th Amendment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/the-worst-thing-that-ever-happened-to-america-was-the-19th-amendment/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_amendments_the-worst-thing-that-ever-happened-to-am_1233767.png) > [What has happened to America's survival instincts?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-brown/what-has-happened-to-america-s-survival-instincts/) [Tina Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/tina-brown-2434_america_what-has-happened-to-america-s-survival_2723374.png) > [What happened to the America we grew up in, the America of Truman, Ike, JFK and Reagan?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-buchanan/what-happened-to-the-america-we-grew-up-in-the-america-of-truman-ike/) [Pat Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-buchanan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d7/pat-buchanan-2005_america_what-happened-to-the-america-we-grew-up_613538.jpg) > [If I were in politics, and if you ever get me in the White House, trust me, there's a big change coming.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-robertson/if-i-were-in-politics-and-if-you-ever-get-me-in-the-white-house-trust/) [Phil Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c61/phil-robertson-3677_america_if-i-were-in-politics-and-if-you-ever-ge_600529.png) > [We have been terrorised by what happened in America and we express our condolences to the American people who suffered from this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muammar-al-gaddafi/we-have-been-terrorised-by-what-happened-in-america-and-we-express/) [Muammar al-Gaddafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muammar-al-gaddafi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dc/muammar-al-gaddafi-9622_america_we-have-been-terrorised-by-what-happened_3056195.jpg) > [“ Nite Owl II: But the country's disintegrating. What's happened to America? What's happened to the American dream? The Comedian: It came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-moore/nite-owl-ii-but-the-country-s-disintegrating-what-s-happened-to/) [Alan Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/alan-moore-583_american-dream_nite-owl-ii-but-the-country-s-disintegra_2257172.jpg) > [The proportionality of what has happened to America because of unemployment and housing makes everything else look like a flea on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dylan-ratigan/the-proportionality-of-what-has-happened-to-america-because-of/) [Dylan Ratigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dylan-ratigan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cb/dylan-ratigan-51068_america_the-proportionality-of-what-has-happened_904373.jpg) > [There's never been such a devastating incident as what had happened in America with George Floyd passing away. That's one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-rose/there-s-never-been-such-a-devastating-incident-as-what-had-happened/) [Danny Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-rose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/danny-rose-10585_america_there-s-never-been-such-a-devastating-in_1906036.jpg) > [There are other people, other economies, governments, cultures, religions, and destinies going on at the same time as yours. You have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rollins/there-are-other-people-other-economies-governments-cultures-religions/) [Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-rollins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/989/henry-rollins-170_america_there-are-other-people-other-economies-g_1669226.jpg) > [You can look at what's happened to America in the last years and say a lot of people were asleep. A lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-craven/you-can-look-at-what-s-happened-to-america-in-the-last-years-and-say/) [Wes Craven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-craven/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3a/wes-craven-14012_america_you-can-look-at-what-s-happened-to-ameri_204372.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happened-america/#itemlist", "name": "Happened America Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wanted to act; wherever that was, I was happy. 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