American spirit Quote by Colson Whitehead

“I prefer the American spirit, the one that called us from the Old World to the New, to conquer and build and civilize. And…

— Colson Whitehead

“Every nation is part of the history we inherit, blacks and whites, slaves and gods; we have no other option, embracing each other.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“The spirit now wills his own will, and he who had been lost to the world now conquers the world.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Bring all your power out my friend, and throw away such Gods, such doctrines, such institutions, that impede in the path of human progress.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“So, let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look…

— Barack Obama

“That was the best of the American spirit, I thought--having the audacity to believe despite all the evidence to the contrary that we could…

— Barack Obama

“And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country” that they summoned…

— Robert A. Caro

“The only way I know to pluck from the hearts of enemies their desire to destroy us is to remove from their lives the…

— David James Duncan

“[...] It is not humanity that will tear the land asunder, but a certain inhumanity born from ingratitude and the explosion of souls_ in…

— Anouar Majid

“When the onward rush of a powerful spirit sweeps a weaker one to its destruction, the commonplaces of the moral judgement are better left…

— Lytton Strachey

“Our people, our history, our struggle is more than a war, more than a fall, more than a favorite dish, more than one monolithic…

— Bao Phi

“What often appears to destroy us is what eventually defines us and takes us to a better place.”

— Mike Coe