America Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

Everything is un-American that tends either to government by a plutocracy or government by a mob. To divide along the lines of section or…

— Theodore Roosevelt

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

— H. L. Mencken

Freedom and the power to choose should not be the privilege of wealth. They are the birthright of every American.

— Anonymous

The most unpardonable privilege that men enjoy is their magnanimity.

— Germaine Greer

“We cannot know anything about the blessings and privileges we have as Americans, without becoming acquainted with the condition of other nations, this is…

— John Taylor

What a privilege it is to be an American!

— Thomas Starr King

“The great privilege of the Americans does not simply consist in their being more enlightened than other nations, but in their being able to…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity.

— Lester Maddox

Privilege has its own way of seeing the world. It's not about the kind of people they are; it's about the situation they're in.

— Harry Shearer

To be able to live and work in the United States is a privilege.

— David Geffen

As immigrants, we understand better than most that to be an American is a privilege that conveys not just rights but responsibilities.

— Anonymous

Though I have drawn my sword in the present generous struggle for the rights of men, yet I am not in arms as an…

— John Paul Jones