--- title: "7 Makes American Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Makes American quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Makes American sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/david-kreger-7266_america-and-american_my-grandparents-on-my-fathers-side-come_84176.jpg" --- > [My grandparents on my fathers side come to America from Germany, so that made them, German-American. My grandparents on my mothers side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-kreger/my-grandparents-on-my-fathers-side-come-to-america-from-germany-so/) [David Kreger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-kreger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/david-kreger-7266_america-and-american_my-grandparents-on-my-fathers-side-come_84176.jpg) > [I love the idea of what America is. America is a bunch of people that do these incredible, thankless, selfless jobs that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-kennedy/i-love-the-idea-of-what-america-is-america-is-a-bunch-of-people-that/) [Tim Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/tim-kennedy-9370_america_i-love-the-idea-of-what-america-is-ameri_479815.jpg) > [In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. This is what makes American what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-stein/in-the-united-states-there-is-more-space-where-nobody-is-than-where/) [Gertrude Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/gertrude-stein-667_america_in-the-united-states-there-is-more-space_871535.jpg) > [What makes American Elf so good is that it's incredibly personal and it runs the full spectrum from super-sickening sweetness to gut-wrenching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-millionaire/what-makes-american-elf-so-good-is-that-it-s-incredibly-personal-and/) [Tony Millionaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-millionaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9e/tony-millionaire-54563_guts_what-makes-american-elf-so-good-is-that_904882.jpg) > [I think that's what makes American sports so fantastic. It cuts across our racial, our ethnic, our socioeconomic, our political divisions and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clay-travis/i-think-that-s-what-makes-american-sports-so-fantastic-it-cuts-across/) [Clay Travis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clay-travis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/clay-travis-6589_american_i-think-that-s-what-makes-american-sport_1288306.jpg) > [If you want to have strong borders, so that people come into our country, but they come in legally through a legal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/if-you-want-to-have-strong-borders-so-that-people-come-into-our/) [Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/donald-trump-18_country_if-you-want-to-have-strong-borders-so-th_1443479.jpg) > [Everyone here has a right to their own political beliefs and everybody has the right to stand by what they believe in.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/everyone-here-has-a-right-to-their-own-political-beliefs-and/) [J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/j-d-martinez-6676_american_everyone-here-has-a-right-to-their-own-p_1968207.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/makes-american/#itemlist", "name": "Makes American Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My grandparents on my fathers side come to America from Germany, so that made them, German-American. My grandparents on my mothers side came to America from Ireland, so that make them, Irish-American. My mother and father were born in America, so that made them Americans! I was born in America, that makes me an American, and I am very proud to be called an American and I might say, without any hyphens! 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