American Quote by Susan Glaspell

Im an American. Weve translated democracy and brotherhood and equality into enterprise and opportunity and success - and thats getting Americanised.

— Susan Glaspell

Being an American is an action; it's an ideal to strive for. It's being part of this constantly perfecting union that, with each generation,…

— Sarah McBride

We go to Europe to be Americanized.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am as American as anybody else.

— Andy Kim

We are Americans, speaking the same language, adopting the same customs, holding the same general opinions... and shall rise and fall with Americans.

— Frederick Douglass

Americanization means the process of becoming an American. It means civic incorporation, becoming a part of the polity - becoming one of us. But…

— Barbara Jordan

I feel like we [americans] are a unique nation in this world, in that we are able to implement great change in our society…

— Khaled Hosseini

Part of my mission as an actor has been to define what an American is.

— John Cho

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

— Eric Metaxas

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 think that everybody has their own interpretations of what it means to be American. But from my vantage point, being black and successful…

— Vic Mensa

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