American Quotes

I mentioned that one of the tripartite formulas in American worldview involves time: past, present, and future.

Average Americans are going to win this, not me. And not just your organization, not just the providers of health care, but the American people are going to cause this to happen. But they have to keep sending those cards and letters.

Barack Obama is the most antibusiness president in a generation, perhaps in American history.

Let me tell you, the heart of my tax proposal: I will not raise taxes on the American people. I will not raise taxes on middle-income Americans.

Foreign policy will require a strategic agility that, whenever possible, gets ahead of problems, strengthens U.S. security and alliances, and promotes American interests and credibility.

I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.

I don't doubt for a second that Neil Armstrong's spirit is still with us: that unique blend of optimism, humility and the utter confidence that when the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an American.

They're just big in the eyes of the American public.

There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them.

The American people are among the most productive in the world. We have the best technologies. We have great universities. We have entrepreneurs.

My way of remaining French was the financing scheme I used for Quest for Fire, with Fox funds, since it started as a 100% American production. The film was not in French and yet was French in style, reflecting my personality.

Because our homeland and very survival are once more at stake, the American people can't afford to treat this new war against terrorism like they did Vietnam.

We're at the crossroads. Down one road is a European centralized bureaucratic socialist welfare system in which politicians and bureaucrats define the future. Down the other road is a proud, solid, reaffirmation of American exceptionalism.

American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is.

American poets celebrate their bodies, very specifically, as Whitman did.

I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power.

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.

I wouldn't mind being in an American film for a laugh, but I certainly don't want to be in Thingy Blah Blah 3, if you know what I mean.

Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job.

Noir is dead for me because historically, I think it's a simple view. I've taken it as far as it can go. I think I've expanded on it a great deal, taken it further than any other American novelist.

I think 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad' have definitely staked out their own style and territory, and now the accusations are coming that 'The Simpsons' is taking jokes from 'Family Guy.' And I can tell you, that ain't the case.

And I will do everything that I can as long as I am President of the United States to remind the American people that we are one nation under God, and we may call that God different names but we remain one nation.

Newt correctly assumes that the American public is beginning to look down the road and at least distinguish the landmarks on either side and know where it wants go. We have a chance to lead it there.

There's probably more in the American tradition than people give the place credit for.

The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.

As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.

The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.

There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.

Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger.

Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom.