Action Quote by Sarah McBride

Being an American is something we need to learn and understand.

— Eric Metaxas

Each generation of Americans must define what it means to be an American.

— William J. Clinton

To be an American (unlike being English or French or whatever) is precisely to imagine a destiny rather than to inherit one; since we…

— Leslie Fiedler

The essence of what it is to be American is the deep moral urge to be free, to freely express yourself and have the…

— Steven Spielberg

To be an American is to be part of the world because America, all the people of the world come to America.

— Jon Anderson

To be an American is not...a matter of blood; it is a matter of an idea--and history is the image of that idea.

— Robert Penn Warren

“An American is a man who is greater in his soul than in his class, creed, political party, or the section in which he…

— David Barton

I would like to say is that to be truly American and represent American ideals you need to consider yourself a citizen of the…

— Chuck D

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

I don't diminish the idea of being American, but what I embrace is the idea of being human.

— Lee Isaac Chung

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that doesn't happen.

— Herb Ritts

To be an American is of itself almost a moral condition, an education, and a career.

— George Santayana