"I am an optimist about America." — Anthony Lewis

"I am an optimist about America."

— Anthony Lewis

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20 Quotes by Anthony Lewis

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We Americans have a sense of ourselves as a moral people. We have led the way in the fight for…
Over many years, the United States has worked to persuade and compel governments around the world to abide by the…
I was covering the Supreme Court when it decided Gideon v. Wainright, and the case has always had special meaning…
Even a competent lawyer may not be able to mount an adequate defense against the state, with all its resources,…
Faith in reason was the foundation stone of the United States.
With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free.
Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to…
The only way to security for Israel and a humane life for Palestinians in their own land is political. No…
The Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders, in open court before an international tribunal, had a profound long-term effect in bringing…
Desperation is a fact of life in many poor, overcrowded countries.
Attacking the indecency of life in much of the Southern Hemisphere is no longer a matter of grace, of charity,…
We have learned by now, or should have, that the best-intended designers of aid programs can make ghastly mistakes in…

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More America Quotes

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I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just… — Paul Auster
What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And… — Billie Joe Armstrong
My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear… — Desi Arnaz
When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. — Arthur Ashe
Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he… — Bashar al-Assad
Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and… — Bashar al-Assad
There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful… — Chinua Achebe
God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich. — Wystan Hugh Auden
You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks… — Wystan Hugh Auden
It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself… — Wystan Hugh Auden
If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do… — John James Audubon

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