Control Quote by William S. Burroughs

most Americans are in deep awe of things-as-they-are. Even with everything this obviously out of control, they still tell themselves that those in authority…

— Barbara Deming

When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth -…

— Harry S Truman

America has an ability to try to make some things happen that other countries don't necessarily have.

— John F. Kerry

I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an…

— Joe Biden

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly…

— Joan Didion

One characteristic of Americans is that they have no toleration at all of anybody putting up with anything. We believe that whatever is going…

— Margaret Mead

Today, with America being a beleaguered global power, in part because of its own mistakes, it is absolutely essential that the American democracy refocuses…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

It's painfully obvious to see that as Americans we can sometimes be wrapped up in our own affairs.

— Monica Johnson

Americans have discovered fear.

— Jose Saramago

And in this relentlessly unfolding series of interactions, the U.S. has played a very distinctive role, which most Americans have been either shielded from…

— Edward Said

Americans are a wonderful people: They will always do the right thing--after exhausting every other possible alternative.

— Winston Churchill

Americans' great and secret fear is that America may turn out to be a phenomenon rather than a civilization.

— Shirley Hazzard