Because Quote by Bill O'Reilly

American society is still puritanical.

— Nick Nolte

“A streak of Puritanism runs deep within American society. Permissive and pioneering as we may be on the one hand, we are strict and…

— Edward M. Hallowell

The United States is a society in which people not only can get by without knowing much about the wider world but are systematically…

— Robert Jensen

We have, in this country, this Puritan, hypocritical, nonrealistic view of sex that is entirely different than the view, for instance, in Western Europe.

— Michael Avenatti

But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.

— Joe Mantegna

The country and culture commonly known as "America" had had a badly split personality all through its history. Its overt laws were almost always…

— Robert A. Heinlein

There's an underlying puritanicalness in America that is not that different to the prudishness of Britain - it just manifests itself in different ways.

— Eve Ensler

Americans love a morality tale, especially one that's been taken from real life. We like facile categories of good and bad, and we like…

— Norah Vincent

The United States is a very insular society. Most people know very little about the outside world and don't care that much. They're concerned…

— Noam Chomsky

You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment -…

— James Young

I think our nation cannot stomach the notion of a woman in sexual terms whatsoever: that we are so puritanical that we cannot dismiss…

— Rod Lurie

There is not a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as American.

— Mark Twain