Americanism Quote by Calvin Coolidge

The American experience works when people embrace a set of shared values, you come, you work hard, you embrace these values and you're as…

— Jeb Bush

Whether our ancestors came here on the Mayflower, on slave ships, whether they came to Ellis Island or LAX in Los Angeles, whether they…

— William J. Clinton

Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our Nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well, my fellow…

— William J. Clinton

“In his Letters from an American Farmer, first published in 1782 in English and translated soon after into French, Crevecoeur described his adoptive country…

— Simon Anholt

“Like all Americans, or like all Americans who are conscious of being American, Parker and Zema's father always believed he was his country. But…

— Steve Erickson

Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well, my fellow…

— William J. Clinton

“Because Americans lack a common ethnicity or extensive heritage, our founding myth is more important than it is for most other peoples. Unlike other…

— Steven K. Green

“The myth of America’s religious founding thus provided an explanation for those who needed to sanctify the past before they could go forward with…

— Steven K. Green

Americanism is a question of spirit, of conviction and purpose, not creed or birthplaces. The test of our worth is the service we render.

— Theodore Roosevelt

“One of those settlers was Normandy-born and ornately named J. Hector St John de Crevecoeur, who embarked for America in 1754, purchased an estate…

— Simon Anholt

Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Since the middle of the twentieth century, our understanding of the American past has been revolutionized, in no small part because of our altered…

— Drew Gilpin Faust