--- title: "10 Man American Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Man American quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Man American sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/ronald-reagan-119_america_the-american-dream-is-not-that-every-man_450493.jpg" --- > [The American dream is not that every man must be level with every other man. The American dream is that every man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/the-american-dream-is-not-that-every-man-must-be-level-with-every/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/ronald-reagan-119_america_the-american-dream-is-not-that-every-man_450493.jpg) > [I grew up in Canada and was a huge Spider-Man fan, and never thought of Spider-Man as an American hero.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-epstein/i-grew-up-in-canada-and-was-a-huge-spider-man-fan-and-never-thought/) [Jake Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-epstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/jake-epstein-17289_american_i-grew-up-in-canada-and-was-a-huge-spide_799357.jpg) > [We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/we-can-have-no-50-50-allegiance-in-this-country-either-a-man-is-an/) [Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d4/theodore-roosevelt-218_allegiance_we-can-have-no-50-50-allegiance-in-this_2987863.jpg) > [Who am I? I'm a man; an American, a father, a teacher, but most of all, I am a person who knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-d-amboise/who-am-i-i-m-a-man-an-american-a-father-a-teacher-but-most-of-all-i/) [Jacques d'Amboise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-d-amboise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/jacques-d-amboise-42746_art_who-am-i-i-m-a-man-an-american-a-father_2211193.jpg) > [Forgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western males. It's a sign of weakness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-alexakis/forgiveness-is-hard-for-me-man-it-is-for-most-american-western-males/) [Art Alexakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-alexakis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cea/art-alexakis-10865_forgiveness_forgiveness-is-hard-for-me-man-it-is-for_1142594.png) > [What, then, is this new man, the American? They are a mixture of English, Scotch, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans, and Swedes. From…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-hector-st-john-de-crevecoeur/what-then-is-this-new-man-the-american-they-are-a-mixture-of-english/) [J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-hector-st-john-de-crevecoeur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/j-hector-st-john-de-crevecoeur_america_what-then-is-this-new-man-the-american-t_2974793.png) > [Growing up in the States, there's this part of me that's like, man, I'm Indian. Like, this is where I belong. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hasan-minhaj/growing-up-in-the-states-there-s-this-part-of-me-that-s-like-man-i-m/) [Hasan Minhaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hasan-minhaj/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/hasan-minhaj-3513_american_growing-up-in-the-states-there-s-this-pa_568513.jpg) > [Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can make, or such as it can make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/visit-the-navy-yard-and-behold-a-marine-such-a-man-as-an-american/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af2/henry-david-thoreau-20_alive_visit-the-navy-yard-and-behold-a-marine_1939432.jpg) > [“An American is a man who is greater in his soul than in his class, creed, political party, or the section in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-barton/an-american-is-a-man-who-is-greater-in-his-soul-than-in-his-class/) [David Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-barton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/david-barton-18163_american_an-american-is-a-man-who-is-greater-in-h_2481012.jpg) > [“What constitutes an American? Not color nor race nor religion. Not the pedigree of his family nor the place of his birth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-ickes/what-constitutes-an-american-not-color-nor-race-nor-religion-not-the/) [Harold Ickes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-ickes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/193/harold-ickes-137071_america_what-constitutes-an-american-not-color-n_26120.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-american/#itemlist", "name": "Man American Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The American dream is not that every man must be level with every other man. 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