America Quote by Henry Steele Commager

America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.

— Ron Paul

Modern American literature was born in protest, born in rebellion, born out of the sense of loss and indirection which was imposed upon the…

— Alfred Kazin

I was born in revolution.

— Anonymous

We are not born of the passions of war or of the fervours of revolution. And we grew quietly into the realization that, set…

— Vincent Massey

America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.

— Francis Parkman

Our patriotic fervor was the result of the old and widespread belief in the idea of American exceptionalism, the idea that America was a…

— Peggy Noonan

America became a special source of attraction to people who were fleeing the aftereffects of the 30 Years War and the religious persecution that…

— Mitch Horowitz

America was born out of a desire for self-determination, a longing for the human dignity that only independence can bring.

— Maurice Saatchi

The American Revolution was a vindication of liberties inherited and possessed. It was a conservative revolution.

— William E. Gladstone

To revolt within society in order to make it a little better, to bring about certain reforms, is like the revolt of prisoners to…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.

— Herbert Hoover

This Revolution is genuine because it was born from the same womb that always gives birth to massive social upheavals - the womb of…

— Martin Luther King, Jr