--- title: "29 People American Quotes by 27 authors" description: "Browse 29 People American quotes by 27 authors. Discover the best People American sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/235/roma-maffia-106336_act_i-tell-people-i-m-american-i-act-1372737_1372737.jpg" --- > [I tell people, 'I'm American. I act.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roma-maffia/i-tell-people-i-m-american-i-act/) [Roma Maffia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roma-maffia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/235/roma-maffia-106336_act_i-tell-people-i-m-american-i-act-1372737_1372737.jpg) > [Im not an American but I have always had the outsiders respect for the American people and the American way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-amanpour/im-not-an-american-but-i-have-always-had-the-outsiders-respect-for/) [Christiane Amanpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christiane-amanpour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fec/christiane-amanpour-13266_american-people_im-not-an-american-but-i-have-always-had_1968278.jpg) > [It's very important to me that people see I am an American and I was born in the States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genesis-rodriguez/it-s-very-important-to-me-that-people-see-i-am-an-american-and-i-was/) [Genesis Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genesis-rodriguez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/genesis-rodriguez-17995_am_it-s-very-important-to-me-that-people-se_1615624.jpg) > [The Americans are extremely gadget minded people and American gadgets have a peculiar characteristic: they work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mikes/the-americans-are-extremely-gadget-minded-people-and-american-gadgets/) [George Mikes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mikes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/george-mikes-4493_america_the-americans-are-extremely-gadget-minde_1432982.png) > [Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-von-sydow/only-very-rarely-are-foreigners-or-first-generation-immigrants/) [Max von Sydow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-von-sydow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/104/max-von-sydow-7808_accents_only-very-rarely-are-foreigners-or-first_2639098.jpg) > [I was confident about America and the idea that in America people can become American without masking their ethnic identity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-brzezinski/i-was-confident-about-america-and-the-idea-that-in-america-people-can/) [Zbigniew Brzezinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-brzezinski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/zbigniew-brzezinski-1312_america_i-was-confident-about-america-and-the-id_728064.jpg) > [I do not mix up Bush's America with the American people. The American people are our friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/segolene-royal/i-do-not-mix-up-bush-s-america-with-the-american-people-the-american/) [Segolene Royal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/segolene-royal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/segolene-royal-40531_america_i-do-not-mix-up-bush-s-america-with-the_749536.jpg) > ['Indian policy' has now been brought down upon the American people, and the American people are the new Indians of the 21st…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/indian-policy-has-now-been-brought-down-upon-the-american-people-and/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/russell-means-12584_21st-century_indian-policy-has-now-been-brought-down_3099415.jpg) > [Confrontational things, admission of error, admission of defeat, restructuring, laying people off - those are not American ideals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilbur-ross/confrontational-things-admission-of-error-admission-of-defeat/) [Wilbur Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilbur-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/186/wilbur-ross-9357_american_confrontational-things-admission-of-erro_877893.jpg) > [There were four million people in the American Colonies and we had Jefferson and Franklin. Now we have over 200 million and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mort-sahl/there-were-four-million-people-in-the-american-colonies-and-we-had/) [Mort Sahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mort-sahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/mort-sahl-7819_clinton_there-were-four-million-people-in-the-am_2167771.jpg) > [My second husband was an American. We traveled all over the world and everywhere we went he would say to people, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-paxton/my-second-husband-was-an-american-we-traveled-all-over-the-world-and/) [John Paxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-paxton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad0/john-paxton-86163_marriage_my-second-husband-was-an-american-we-tra_1162969.jpg) > [There have always been people in American politics that wanted America to be more like the rest of the world. And In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/there-have-always-been-people-in-american-politics-that-wanted/) [Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/172/marco-rubio-355_america_there-have-always-been-people-in-america_1045968.png) > [And yet, there are still people in American politics who, for some reason, cling to this belief that America is better off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/and-yet-there-are-still-people-in-american-politics-who-for-some/) [Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/marco-rubio-355_adopting_and-yet-there-are-still-people-in-americ_1653513.png) > [Seeking fortunes in America led to Germany losing people, and the American continent received many people whose contributions are particularly clear in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-streicher/seeking-fortunes-in-america-led-to-germany-losing-people-and-the/) [Julius Streicher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julius-streicher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c3/julius-streicher-14637_agriculture_seeking-fortunes-in-america-led-to-germa_2640133.jpg) > [All you crazy white people "I'm American!", all you did was come out of your mother's pussy on American soil. That's it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-rock/all-you-crazy-white-people-i-m-american-all-you-did-was-come-out-of/) [Chris Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-rock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/chris-rock-767_american_all-you-crazy-white-people-i-m-american_3049669.jpg) > [I think Barack Obama 'll talk about the actions that we've taken, not just since 9/11, but since Paris, to help keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-think-barack-obama-ll-talk-about-the-actions-that-we-ve-taken-not/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/542/barack-obama-17_action_i-think-barack-obama-ll-talk-about-the-a_3224838.jpg) > [Some labeled Jerry Falwell an American version of the Ayatollah Khomeni. People for the American Way, a group organized to counter the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/some-labeled-jerry-falwell-an-american-version-of-the-ayatollah/) [Charles Colson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-colson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8d/charles-colson-7127_american-way_some-labeled-jerry-falwell-an-american-v_708121.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/don-delillo-294_america_i-think-it-s-only-in-a-crisis-that-ameri_518628.jpg) > [I want to speak on behalf of the American people because the American people have been the one that have endured violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-taylor-greene/i-want-to-speak-on-behalf-of-the-american-people-because-the-american/) [Marjorie Taylor Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-taylor-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acb/marjorie-taylor-greene-6467_american_i-want-to-speak-on-behalf-of-the-america_2617680.jpg) > [I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American people and the American way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiane-amanpour/i-m-not-an-american-but-i-have-always-had-the-outsiders-respect-for/) [Christiane Amanpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christiane-amanpour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fc/christiane-amanpour-13266_always_i-m-not-an-american-but-i-have-always-ha_2999591.jpg) > [If we invest in the American people, the American people always bring this Nation a good return.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-lincoln/if-we-invest-in-the-american-people-the-american-people-always-bring/) [Blanche Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/blanche-lincoln-27172_american-people_if-we-invest-in-the-american-people-the_2811644.png) > [One of the more urp-making habits of media mavens is presuming to speak for the American people, as in 'The American people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ivins/one-of-the-more-urp-making-habits-of-media-mavens-is-presuming-to/) [Molly Ivins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ivins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d8/molly-ivins-1296_american_one-of-the-more-urp-making-habits-of-med_2746532.png) > [There are no words to express the extraordinary strength and character of this breed of people we call American. They are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/there-are-no-words-to-express-the-extraordinary-strength-and/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/ronald-reagan-119_american-revolution_there-are-no-words-to-express-the-extrao_690655.jpg) > [This country isn't working for working people. It's working only for people at the top. That's not the American dream. That's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-warren/this-country-isn-t-working-for-working-people-it-s-working-only-for/) [Elizabeth Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-warren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/elizabeth-warren-879_american-dream_this-country-isn-t-working-for-working-p_1142128.png) > [I not going to focus on what I have done in the past what I stand for, what I articulate to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-quayle/i-not-going-to-focus-on-what-i-have-done-in-the-past-what-i-stand-for/) [Dan Quayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-quayle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/dan-quayle-1780_american-people_i-not-going-to-focus-on-what-i-have-done_1710712.jpg) > [American people, what about the American people? I think the president delights in the fact that they have been roofied by technology…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-gutfeld/american-people-what-about-the-american-people-i-think-the-president/) [Greg Gutfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-gutfeld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/greg-gutfeld-1129_american-people_american-people-what-about-the-american_3121314.png) > [It's less about Trump and more about the people... If the American people are willing to elect someone like that president, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salim-akil/it-s-less-about-trump-and-more-about-the-people-if-the-american/) [Salim Akil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salim-akil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b78/salim-akil-10564_american_it-s-less-about-trump-and-more-about-the_868244.jpg) > [The most successful people in American life are those that have had horrific failures and have come back, done it again and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-luntz/the-most-successful-people-in-american-life-are-those-that-have-had/) [Frank Luntz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-luntz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/670/frank-luntz-4874_again-and-again_the-most-successful-people-in-american-l_762599.jpg) > [I use the phrase "fellow citizen" all the time when referring to the - people always say, "The American people, the American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavis-smiley/i-use-the-phrase-fellow-citizen-all-the-time-when-referring-to-the/) [Tavis Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavis-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/tavis-smiley-7372_american-people_i-use-the-phrase-fellow-citizen-all-the_1496482.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-american/#itemlist", "name": "People American Quotes", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I tell people, 'I'm American. 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