American society Quote by Richard Hofstadter

“Yes, we have much to be seriously concerned about, much that needs to be corrected, improved, or dispensed with. But the vitality and creative…

— David McCullough

“On the contrary, we have a very deep-seated distrust of real intellectual effort (probably because we suspect that it will destroy, as I hope…

— James Baldwin

“It is dangerous not to conform with people's image of us, because they do not readily retract their opinions.”

— Jean Cocteau

“I am concerned with facts of quite unverifiable intrinsic value, but which, by their absolutely unexpected violently fortuitous character, and the kind of associations…

— André Breton

“We hang on to our values, even if they seem at times tarnished and worn; even if, as a nation and in our own…

— Barack Obama

There's an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we're morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that's a bit…

— Al Franken

“Few things are as destructive and limiting as a worldview that assumes people are mostly rational.”

— Scott Adams

“They have been disrespecting our values and morals for very long time because of the nature of their values system.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“It is character that should be the sole measure of judgement in the society of thinking humanity, and nothing short of that would do.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“That which we obtain too easily, we esteem lightly.”

— Thomas Paine

“It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self- conscious people in the world, and the most addicted…

— Henry James

“Don’t let your values change with society; instead let your values change society.”

— Gaskins Jr, Tony A