American Values Quotes
35 quotes by 30 authors
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Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and…
— Jimmy Carter
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We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we…
— Jimmy Carter
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The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical. And that is…
— Rick Santorum
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It's a lot of anti-gay, racist humor—which people like in America—all couched in 'I'm telling it like it is.' He's in the right place at…
— David Cross
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Where else could one find such a perfect combination of American values -- racism, militarism, capitalism -- all packaged in one 'ideal' symbol, a woman.
— Robin Morgan
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We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way…
— Lilly Ledbetter
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It does not matter what party you are a member of in this great Nation of ours. Accountability and competence are characteristics that Americans value…
— Jim Costa
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Libertarianism is what you probably already believe: Libertarian values are American values. Libertarianism is America's heritage of liberty, patriotism and honest work to build a…
— David Bergland
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On the road to equality there is no better place for blacks to detour around American values than in forgoing its example in the treatment…
— Eleanor Holmes Norton
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Personal privacy is a closely held American value.
— Anna Eshoo
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America, the great liberator, is in desperate need of being liberated from itself -- from its own excesses and arrogance. And the world needs to…
— Kalle Lasn
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We need to end permanently the tax that punishes American values of savings and investment and of building small businesses and family farms and ranches.
— Christopher Bond
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I fully support your efforts to stamp out sexual assault in the United States military and believer that there is nothing in (Military Justice Improvement…
— Dave McGinnis
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The beauty of our democracy lies in the American value of equality: if you vote, you have a seat at the table. If you speak,…
— Christine Pelosi
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Those aren't the kinds of folks who represent our core American values.
— Barack Obama
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The Bush-Cheney administration had betrayed some basic American values. So there was hunger for change.
— Al Gore
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Take a stand against intolerance and for our American values. Say it with pride: I support democracy in America. I support working people in America.…
— Richard Trumka
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Iran is not a make-believe country. It is a real country populated by some 75 million people - real people; including, I daresay, a majority…
— Bob Barr
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Our government leaders... have made many mistakes in the past when they have lost sight of the sacred American values rooted in the Declaration of…
— Samuel Dash
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I love the idea of a beautiful neighborhood that represents the very best of American values, but also as a fun backdrop to some darker,…
— Marc Cherry
Who Wrote These American Values Quotes
30 authors contributed a total of 35 American Values Quotes, led by these top contributors: