Quotes
Quotes about America
An Englishman thinks seated; a Frenchman, standing; an American, pacing; an irishman, afterward.
Here's to our beloved George Washington, the Joshua of America, who commanded the sun and the moon to sand still--and they obeyed.
No man has a right in America to treat any other man "tolerantly" for tolerance is the assumption of superiority. Our liberties are equal rights of every citizen.
What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.
I had always loved beautiful and artistic things, though before leaving America I had had a very little chance of seeing any.
In America there are two classes of travelâfirst class, and with children.
In America there are two classes of travel--first class, and with children.
War profiteer cartels and the Cheney Wolfowitz regime are called The United States by warwhore news teams. Everywhere including peace loving Schenectady the American people dislike such synecdoches.
The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine.
America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.
Then join in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
America was targeted for attack because we are the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world, and no one will keep that light from shining.
The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered ... deeply, ... finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing â a vice little known heretofore in the American army â is growing into fashion. Let the men and officers reflect 'that we can not hope for the blessing of heaven on our army if we insult it by our impiety and folly.'
Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings.
America is not fighting to win a war. We are fighting to give an application to an old Greek proverb, which is that the purpose of war is not to annihilate an enemy but to get him to mend his ways. And we are confident we can get the enemy to mend his.
If, when the chips are down, the world's most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world.
I would rather be a one-term President and do what I believe is right than to be a two-term President at the cost of seeing America become a second-rate power and to see this Nation accept the first defeat in its proud 190-year history.
Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings.
Violence is as American as cherry pie.
The great majority of people in England and America are modest, decent and pure-minded and the amount of virgins in the world today is stupendous.
Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.
I hope that no American . . . will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.
Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote.
