American Quotes

If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.

And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women.

You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected.

We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.

I always serve the writer first because I'm English trained, even though I'm American.

American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others - partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions.

The American public does not know poets exist.

On the other hand, the American public possesses a great resilience and strength, and good risk communication strategies can tap into and even amplify those assets.

If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman.

If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring.

These same people who accuse Planned Parenthood of 'targeting' African-American children, they care about you only while you're in the womb. The minute you crown, you're on your own.

I think people feel threatened by homosexuality. The problem isn't about gay people, the problem is about the attitude towards gay people. People think that all gays are Hannibal Lecters. But gay people are sons and daughters, politicians and doctors, American heroes and daughters of American heroes.

The true sovereign is not the American president nor the English king, but the Lord of the Second Advent.

"Indian policy" has now been brought down upon the American people, and the American people are the new Indians of the 21st Century.

American Idol transcends age, gender, ethnicity, everything.

And I think the American people look to the leaders to lead. They look to the leaders to take on the big problems. And the president deserves a lot of credit for doing that.

But recently I began to feel that maybe I wouldn't be able to do what I want to do and need to do with American musicians, who are imprisoned behind these bars; music's got these bars and measures you know.

You can't jam change down the American people's throat.

Students of American glass must always keep in mind that the creations they collect are truly examples of our American culture... and thus have historical significance.

The American people have not become heartless.

Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit.

Usually, certainly British singers, adopt an American accent when they sing and I think that usually people are thinking of somebody else, but I just think of very specific people.

China has legally purchased high performance computers, advanced machine tools, and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment from several American companies.

People understand we're on the doorstep of doing something really historic that will help the American people and strengthen our country for the long run.

American Society for Psychical Research Journals were all around the house when I was a kid.

High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this.

Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered.

The American people want to have trust in their leaders.

I tell you what Hispanics in Virginia tell me they want. They want access to the American dream. That's why they come here to Virginia and to America, so they want more opportunities to start small business, better schools.

I am an American Jew and aware of the sensitivities involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.