American character Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Remarkable trait in the American Character is the union, not very infrequent, of Yankee cleverness with spiritualism.”
“Remarkable trait in the American Character is the union, not very infrequent, of Yankee cleverness with spiritualism.”
![“By the time [John Adams] came to write his Defence of the Constitutions of the United States in 1787 he had as dark a view of the American character as that of any critic in our history.” quote by Gordon S. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d41/gordon-s-wood-13199_american-character_by-the-time-john-adams-came-to-write-his_314115.jpg)
![“I think the level of casualties is secondary... [A]ll the great scholars who have studied American character have come to the conclusion that we are a warlike people and that we love war... What we hate is not casualties but losing.” quote by Michael A. Ledeen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/02f/michael-a-ledeen-52574_american-character_i-think-the-level-of-casualties-is-secon_841195.jpg)
![“I've never been front and centre as an iconic American character [like in Doctor Strange]. Day to day, you know you're painting on a very big canvas.” quote by Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/49a/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_american-character_i-ve-never-been-front-and-centre-as-an-i_1132407.jpg)
