Adjective Quote by Henry Cabot Lodge

I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.

— Laura Z. Hobson

I don't think of myself as an American; I see myself as a human being.

— Terry Tempest Williams

I don't feel I was "born American," but my homeland was denied to me after the end of World War II and I craved…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I don't feel I was 'born American,' but my homeland was denied to me after the end of World War II, and I craved…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Perhaps I am still very much of an American. That is to say, naïve, optimistic, gullible. In the eyes of a European, what am…

— Henry Miller

I'm a lifelong American.

— Bob Backlund

I never considered myself a patriot. I like to think I recognize only humanity as my nation.

— Isaac Asimov

“Being an American is more than a birthright. It is something we must prove worthy everyday, failure to do so insults those who have…

— Mark W Boyer

The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism . . .

— George Washington

I feel very American, but my upbringing was quite the opposite.

— Xander Schauffele

The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism… It should be the…

— George Washington

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

— Jane Austen