America And Americans Quotes
219 America And Americans quotes by 161 unique authors
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A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined.
— Neal Barnard
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America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we…
— Jane Addams
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One of the embarrassing problems for the early nineteenth-century champions of the Christian faith was that not one of the first six Presidents of the…
— Mortimer Adler
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America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and…
— Louis D. Brandeis
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God is the perfect poet.
— Robert Browning
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The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.
— Henry Clay
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I think it puts baseball back on the map as a sport. It's America's pastime and just look at everyone coming out to the ballpark.…
— Mark McGwire
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As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else.
— Jeannette Rankin
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Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last…
— Dave Barry
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The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had the right.
— James Madison
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My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow.
— Rita Rudner
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The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being; the American wants to be considered a…
— Louis Kronenberger
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They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.
— George W. Bush
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If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black…
— Malcolm X
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Food, one assumes, provides nourishment; but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of poison have been added to improve its appearance and delay…
— John Cage
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When your mission is to restore honor and integrity to the White House, you've got to be willing to use any means necessary.
— Paul Begala
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Americans are optimists. They hope they'll be wealthy someday - and they're positive they can get one more brushful of paint out of an empty…
— Bernard Williams
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That was not the biggest battle that ever was, but for me it always typified one thing; the dash, the ingenuity, the readiness at the…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display.
— Jerry Rubin
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Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football is a metaphor for America's sinfulness.
— George Will
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You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a democratic world.
— Clare Boothe Luce
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I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in every chitling and sparerib. It…
— H. L. Mencken
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The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are no Republicans; there are no…
— John F. Kerry
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Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine. Jiggling your knees blankeyed in the rain, when it snows in your nose you catch cold in your brain.
— Allen Ginsberg
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