Citizens Quote by William S. Burroughs

The American uppermiddle-class citizen is a composite of negatives. He is largely delineated by what he is not.

— William S. Burroughs

The negative is just as important as the positive.

— Ellsworth Kelly

If we are negative by nature, we Americans are more human than most. The Founding Fathers loved going negative. Heck, the Declaration of Independence…

— Paul Begala

Being positive in a negative situation is not native. It's leadership.

— Anonymous

Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.

— Anonymous

“— I was an American citizen too; a citizen who had to watch his step, a citizen who had to distrust the police and…

— Walter Mosley

Your concepts of negative and positive may be someone's positive and negative.

— Senora Roy

The typical American citizen is the business man. The typical business man is a bad citizen; he is busy. If he is a 'big…

— Lincoln Steffens

While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied - and to some extent overshadowed - by elevated and inspiring…

— John Podhoretz

People look up to me as somebody who is able to switch the image of our country from negative to positive.

— Novak Djokovic

“The vast majority of Americans, at all coordinates of the economic spectrum, consider themselves middle class; this is a deeply ingrained, distinctly American cognitive…

— Ellen Cushing

“All America is divided into two classes - the quality and the equality. The latter will always recognize the former when mistaken for it.”

— Owen Wister