America Quote by Eric Liu

“There was an omnivorous intellect that won him the family sobriquet of Walking Encyclopedia.”

— Eric Liu

Have you ever watched someone become American? Last week, at a national citizenship conference I organize, thirty immigrants from 17 countries swore an oath…

— Eric Liu

It turns out umpires and judges are not robots or traffic cameras, inertly monitoring deviations from a fixed zone of the permissible. They are…

— Eric Liu

What we should celebrate more than diversity is what we do with it. How do we bring everyone in the tent and create something…

— Eric Liu

“Far too many Americans are illiterate in power — what it is, how it operates and why some people have it. As a result,…

— Eric Liu

At the heart of our public morality is the idea that he who gives generously is most virtuous and morally praiseworthy; that there is…

— Eric Liu

A basic assumption shapes most Americans’ mindset about labor: the belief that the death of unions isn’t my problem because I’m not in a…

— Eric Liu

Americans need to call on Boomers, in their next act onstage, to behave like grown-ups. And there is no better way for them to…

— Eric Liu

Here's a proposal, offered only partly in jest: no resident of the United States, whether born here or abroad, should get to be a…

— Eric Liu

Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their comfort and…

— Eric Liu

We're all better off...when we're all better off.

— Eric Liu

In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law.

— Eric Liu