Aim Quote by Helen Gahagan Douglas

The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice creates a dry rot which eats away at the foundations of our democratic faith.

— Helen Gahagan Douglas

The unhealthy gap between what we preach in America and what we often practice creates a moral dry rot that eats at the very…

— Whitney M. Young

American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.

— Calvin Coolidge

That's what American values and ideals are all about: We can come here and be different and celebrate different faiths and be OK with…

— Marty Walsh

In many countries today, moral and ethical norms are being reconsidered; national traditions, differences in nation and culture are being erased.

— Vladimir Putin

The Americans have many virtues, but they have not Faith and Hope. I know no two words whose meaning is more lost sight of.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

America's habit of distilling vicious, pitiless, cynical reality into a morality play can be an oasis.

— Neil Macdonald

It is a depressing fact that Americans tend to confuse morality and art (to the detriment of both) and that, among the educated, morality…

— Pauline Kael

Americans have been remarkably devoted to the capacity for belief, to idealism. That's why we get into trouble all the time. We're always viewed…

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

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

We are inclined to confuse freedom and democracy, which we regard as moral principles, with the way in which they are practiced in America…

— J. William Fulbright

Confrontational things, admission of error, admission of defeat, restructuring, laying people off - those are not American ideals.

— Wilbur Ross