--- title: "8 Taught American Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Taught American quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Taught American sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/henry-ford-492_english-language_these-men-of-many-nations-must-be-taught_11023.png" --- > [These men of many nations must be taught American ways, the English language, and the right way to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ford/these-men-of-many-nations-must-be-taught-american-ways-the-english/) [Henry Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/henry-ford-492_english-language_these-men-of-many-nations-must-be-taught_11023.png) > [The Federal Reserve and Congress have systematically taught the American people to trust the government and that caution in spending is harmful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-federal-reserve-and-congress-have-systematically-taught-the/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/ron-paul-686_american-people_the-federal-reserve-and-congress-have-sy_187672.png) > [Whether our forebears were strangers who crossed the Atlantic or the Pacific or the Rio Grande, we are here only because this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/whether-our-forebears-were-strangers-who-crossed-the-atlantic-or-the/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/barack-obama-17_american_whether-our-forebears-were-strangers-who_297557.jpg) > [I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-collins/i-was-raised-to-speak-out-about-politics-and-the-world-around-me-i/) [Judy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/judy-collins-12173_politics_i-was-raised-to-speak-out-about-politics_1010455.jpg) > [There will be no real content among American women unless they are made and kept more ignorant or unless they are given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-s-buck/there-will-be-no-real-content-among-american-women-unless-they-are/) [Pearl S. Buck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-s-buck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/pearl-s-buck-1024_american-woman_there-will-be-no-real-content-among-amer_1781386.png) > [Lately even the harshest critics of President Bush have been forced to admit maybe he's right about freedom's march around the globe.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-williams/lately-even-the-harshest-critics-of-president-bush-have-been-forced/) [Brian Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/brian-williams-18781_critics_lately-even-the-harshest-critics-of-pres_1934945.jpg) > [What troubles me most about my lovely country is that its children are seldom taught that American freedom will vanish, if, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/what-troubles-me-most-about-my-lovely-country-is-that-its-children/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4f/kurt-vonnegut-41_american_what-troubles-me-most-about-my-lovely-co_2361248.jpg) > [“I taught her how American circumstances work. If you are born poor here, it’s no lasting shame. You are first in line…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-taught-her-how-american-circumstances-work-if-you-are-born-poor/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/amy-tan-730_bad-luck_i-taught-her-how-american-circumstances_2549125.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/taught-american/#itemlist", "name": "Taught American Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "These men of many nations must be taught American ways, the English language, and the right way to live.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Ford" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ford/these-men-of-many-nations-must-be-taught-american-ways-the-english/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/henry-ford-492_english-language_these-men-of-many-nations-must-be-taught_11023.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/henry-ford-492_english-language_these-men-of-many-nations-must-be-taught_11023.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/henry-ford-492_english-language_these-men-of-many-nations-must-be-taught_11023.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“These men of many nations must be taught American ways, the English language, and the right way to live.” — Henry Ford", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Federal Reserve and Congress have systematically taught the American people to trust the government and that caution in spending is harmful to the economy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ron Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-federal-reserve-and-congress-have-systematically-taught-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/ron-paul-686_american-people_the-federal-reserve-and-congress-have-sy_187672.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/ron-paul-686_american-people_the-federal-reserve-and-congress-have-sy_187672.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/ron-paul-686_american-people_the-federal-reserve-and-congress-have-sy_187672.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Federal Reserve and Congress have systematically taught the American people to trust the government and…” — Ron Paul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whether our forebears were strangers who crossed the Atlantic or the Pacific or the Rio Grande, we are here only because this country welcomed them in and taught them that to be an American is about something more than what we look like, or what our last names are, or how we worship.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/whether-our-forebears-were-strangers-who-crossed-the-atlantic-or-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/barack-obama-17_american_whether-our-forebears-were-strangers-who_297557.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/barack-obama-17_american_whether-our-forebears-were-strangers-who_297557.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/barack-obama-17_american_whether-our-forebears-were-strangers-who_297557.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whether our forebears were strangers who crossed the Atlantic or the Pacific or the Rio Grande, we are here…” — Barack Obama", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. 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