--- title: "9 Leave America Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Leave America quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Leave America sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/dan-bern-36903_america_i-d-like-to-leave-america-for-someplace_1617534.png" --- > [I'd like to leave America for someplace where they would not know a word of English and I might be understood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-bern/i-d-like-to-leave-america-for-someplace-where-they-would-not-know-a/) [Dan Bern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-bern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/dan-bern-36903_america_i-d-like-to-leave-america-for-someplace_1617534.png) > [Canada? Why would I want to leave America just to visit America, Jr.?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/canada-why-would-i-want-to-leave-america-just-to-visit-america-jr/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47b/homer-357_america_canada-why-would-i-want-to-leave-america_2227108.png) > [If the American Negro is to have a culture of his own he will have to leave America to get it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/if-the-american-negro-is-to-have-a-culture-of-his-own-he-will-have-to/) [Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d1/paul-robeson-8458_america_if-the-american-negro-is-to-have-a-cultu_1052379.jpg) > [You leave America, then you go someplace else, you begin to create something totally different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephon-marbury/you-leave-america-then-you-go-someplace-else-you-begin-to-create/) [Stephon Marbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephon-marbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/stephon-marbury-4592_america_you-leave-america-then-you-go-someplace_1447580.jpg) > [“You never feel more American than when you leave America.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lebovitz/you-never-feel-more-american-than-when-you-leave-america/) [David Lebovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lebovitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/david-lebovitz-45906_america_you-never-feel-more-american-than-when-y_340394.jpg) > [Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/radical-changes-in-world-politics-leave-america-with-a-heightened/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/pope-john-paul-ii-485_america_radical-changes-in-world-politics-leave_3207737.jpg) > [All I care about is making sure that I leave behind an America that is stronger, more prosperous, more stable, more secure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/all-i-care-about-is-making-sure-that-i-leave-behind-an-america-that/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/barack-obama-17_america_all-i-care-about-is-making-sure-that-i-l_542816.jpg) > [There's a guy named Richard Spencer, who is the intellectual guru of the movement, according to Breitbart and he says, basically -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-corn/there-s-a-guy-named-richard-spencer-who-is-the-intellectual-guru-of/) [David Corn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-corn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/david-corn-23554_common_there-s-a-guy-named-richard-spencer-who_190336.jpg) > [I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/i-guess-i-wanted-to-leave-america-for-awhile-it-wasn-t-that-i-wanted/) [Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/paul-auster-351_america_i-guess-i-wanted-to-leave-america-for-aw_2867112.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/leave-america/#itemlist", "name": "Leave America Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'd like to leave America for someplace where they would not know a word of English and I might be understood.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dan Bern" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-bern/i-d-like-to-leave-america-for-someplace-where-they-would-not-know-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/dan-bern-36903_america_i-d-like-to-leave-america-for-someplace_1617534.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/dan-bern-36903_america_i-d-like-to-leave-america-for-someplace_1617534.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/dan-bern-36903_america_i-d-like-to-leave-america-for-someplace_1617534.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'd like to leave America for someplace where they would not know a word of English and I might be understood.” — Dan Bern", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Canada? 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