Excuse Quote by Neil Sheehan

We thought that whatever we wanted to do was right and good, simply because we were Americans, and we would succeed at it because…

— Neil Sheehan

We have a deep sense of American equality and opportunity, and that informs the way in which we brought our American power to the…

— Daniel Fried

Our brave men and women have made many sacrifices in just wars to defeat the forces of evil. We have exported our greatest values:…

— Marco Rubio

The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures…

— P. J. O'Rourke

I felt that America's duty was not to try to do everything itself, but to foster a sense of commitment that would bring out…

— Madeleine Albright

When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them,…

— Bashar al-Assad

My impression of the American people can be summarized by a quotation from Benjamin Franklin, Those things that hurt instruct! I realised that people…

— Anonymous

Having despised us, it is not strange that Americans should seek to render us despicable; having enslaved us, it is natural that they should…

— Frederick Douglass

As Americans we place special emphasis on human dignity, justice and freedom. WE measure as good of bad that which meets these goals. Those…

— Henry Clausen

In a world where so much seems to be hidden by the smoke of falsity and moral degeneration, we Americans must grasp firmly the…

— Manton S. Eddy

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people…

— Richard M. Nixon

What makes America great was a government that was founded to be limited to doing one thing. I really believe the whole purpose of…

— Rick Santorum