American Quote by J. Michael Straczynski

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the truth as an adventure into cynicism.

— Anonymous

Possibly the defining development of postmodern politics - naturally, an American one - is the separation of personality from ideology. If you are likeable,…

— Michael Wolff

Cynicism is something which has become symbolic of imperial policy.

— Fidel Castro

Making sweeping over-generalizations is classically un-American.

— Anthony Scaramucci

A lot of people have had good discussions about what it means to be American, and we need to broaden our definition.

— Lee Isaac Chung

The American Way is so restlessly creative as to be essentially destructive; the American Way is to carry common sense itself almost to the…

— Louis Kronenberger

I know many people on the left are suspicious of words like Americanization. To them, it can sound like a cover for white privilege…

— Eric Liu

America is a country in which I see the most persistant idealism and the blandest of cynicism and the race is on between its…

— Alistair Cooke

America is, in many ways, as much an idea as it is a country. And Americans have long marketed that idea around the world…

— Joy Reid

Americanization means the process of becoming an American. It means civic incorporation, becoming a part of the polity - becoming one of us. But…

— Barbara Jordan

There's a distinct unease about Americans when they are outside the United States. I can't say quite what it is, but they are easily…

— Lawrence Osborne

America shudders at anything alien, and when it wants to shut its mind against any man's ideas it calls him a foreigner.

— Max Lerner