Americans Quote by Henry James

It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to…

— Henry James

“Whatever Americans fondly believe, their government has always had its fingers in the economic pie. What distinguishes the USA from every other developed country…

— Tony Judt

“I have a tremendous fascination with the United States of America, the grand, swirling variousness of it, the way it siphons off the ambitious,…

— Roland Merullo

“~ “In their secretly nervous hearts, they’ve convinced themselves, poor little delusional narcissists, that their nation is the most powerful that ever was or…

— Tom Robbins

“The Americans are an extremely interesting people. They are absolutely reasonable. I think that is their distinguishing characteristic...I assure you there is no nonsense…

— Oscar Wilde

“Among other things, my own experience has led me to believe that American naivete can sometimes be more than it seems; it can hide…

— Roberto Bolaño

“We need to stop thinking that some Americans are the real Americans, the deserving, the talented, the most patriotic and hardworking, while others can…

— Nancy Isenberg

“America is rich and fat and very, very noticeable in this world. It is a forlorn hope that we should be left alone.”

— T. R. Fehrenbach

“What upon Earth is the matter with the American people? Do they really covet the world's ridicule as well as their own social and…

— Frederick Douglass

“I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great…

— Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“Americans were known for a zealous and often immoderate attachment to the United States and all it represented.”

— David H. Finnie

“When outsiders criticize Americans, they regularly note that we seem self-centered, which we are. But few contend we are selfish, and with good reason;…

— Harry Beckwith