America Quote by James Frey

The Puritans came to America to worship in their way and to force everybody else to do the same thing.

— Sam Levenson

America was founded by religious people; devout people who came here because they wanted freedom of religion, It's what made America different from every…

— Rick Warren

America is the first great experiment in Protestant social formation. Protestantism in Europe always assumed and depended on the cultural habits that had been…

— Stanley Hauerwas

The country and culture commonly known as "America" had had a badly split personality all through its history. Its overt laws were almost always…

— Robert A. Heinlein

You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment -…

— James Young

American society is still puritanical.

— Nick Nolte

What cultural DNA remains from those first Puritan forays onto American soil may be our love of a fresh start.

— Nancy Gibbs

Our immigrants joined a settler culture, Anglo-Saxon and Protestant, that demanded assimilation to its norms.

— Ross Douthat

Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs.

— Mitch Horowitz

You can't understand America without understanding the Puritans. In many ways, we're still living out their legacy in ways that are good and bad.

— Pete Buttigieg

America is an unusually religious nation.

— Rodney Stark

America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies.

— James F. Cooper