American Quotes

I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community.

When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life. Sidney had gone ahead of every other African American actor.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

It would not be fair to the critics of Rotary, who include some of the most brilliant of the British and American writers, to charge them with prejudice.

Since the age of 12, all my musical thinking has been influenced by Afro-American music.

The first phase of American political history was characterized by the conflict between the Federalists and the Republicans, and it resulted in the complete triumph of the latter.

What the Democrats don't seem to understand is that higher taxes mean fewer American jobs and less American production.

Like the American soldiers who went before them, they are putting their lives on the line to protect ours.

We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.

That we are to stand by the President right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

When the Negro cries with pain from his deep hurt and lays his petition for elemental justice before the nation, he is calling upon the American people to kindle about that crucible of race relationships the fires of American faith.

I think the American people should express their preferences, and we'll accept their choice.

When I began to think about the head of the family, the storyteller, the rise of television which became the new storyteller, the break-up of the American family as an idea and then Avalon came.

It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic.

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.

Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa.

American audiences are just the same as any other audiences. Except a bit more boring.

Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.

All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian.

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

There's a lot of things we can do to balance out what Obama's done and going forward show the American people the Republican Party can govern. I want a coalition of tea party people, independents, moderate Democrats trying to find a way to move this country forward before we become Greece.

I was very concerned that President Bush is still trying to frighten or scare the American people with respect to the condition of the Social Security system.

I'm a promoter of the people for the people and by the people and my magic lies in my people ties. I'm a promoter of America. I'm American people. You know what I mean? So therefore, uh, do not send for who the bell tolls 'cause the bell tolls for thee.

If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.

The concept of war crimes is an American invention.

Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.

The early American arrived at a land of which he knew nothing.

It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation.

Victory must be assured in advance. And the American public must be all for it from the outset.

Democrats can neither control nor predict whether our GOP counterparts are really ready to play chicken with the U.S. economy. But we can assure the American people that our party takes the nation's faith and credit seriously.