American Quote by Bret Stephens

Self-help and self-control are the essence of the American tradition.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“It is fairly commonplace now to admit that our American culture is centered around the self. We believe in the supremacy of self-interest to…

— Gale Heide

“That is because the American inerrancy tradition, though largely a positive concept, is essentially modernist in construct, parochially American in context, and occasionally creates…

— Zondervan Publishing

Honest discussions - even and perhaps especially on topics about which we disagree - can help us resist hypocrisy and arrogance. They can also…

— David Price

American culture is often so self-consumed that we often think that our problems are just our problems.

— Saul Williams

“Self-governing cultures both inspire alignment and eject elements that don't fit in.”

— Dov Seidman

In some ways, America has grown up to be a masterpiece of self-concern.

— Shirley MacLaine

The genuine values in America arose from rational thought and breaking with tradition, not from blind allegiance to dirt and cloth.

— Stefan Molyneux

There's a certain kind of cultural energy pursued by the gatekeepers of elite discourse, who want to argue that Americans fundamentally agree with each…

— Rick Perlstein

American traditions and the American ethic require us to be truthful, but the most important reason is that truth is the best propaganda and…

— Edward R. Murrow

I think we have to question our own culture.

— Richa Chadha

Americanism consists in utterly believing in the principles of America.

— Woodrow Wilson