How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be ‘American’ before being cultivated, being enlightened, being humane, and having the same intellectual discipline as other civilized countries? It is really too easy a disguise for our shortcomings to dress them up as a form of patriotism!
America - Americans Quotes
Maybe we should not have humored them… (when they asked to live on reservations). Maybe we should have said, “No, come join us. Be citizens along with the rest of us.” (During a trip to Moscow, when asked about U.S. treatment of Native Americans.)
America is far from perfect. It has blundered through arrogance, selfishness, cynicism, and a great deal through ignorance. But without America, the history of humanity in the 20th century would have been infinitely more tragic.
I want to be American. America is the coolest place on the face of the Earth. You’ve got freedom of speech. You’ve got McDonald’s.
My fellow Americans, I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes (before he was going to make a radio broadcast, unaware that the mike was on).
At no point in my life have I ever felt as though I were American.
Our manifest destiny is to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.
I got a letter from a man the other day, and I’ll share it with you. This man said you can go to live in Turkey, but you can’t become a Turk. You can go to live in Japan, but you cannot become Japanese – or Germany or France – and named all the others. […]
America is like a melting pot. The people at the bottom get burned, and the scum floats to the top.
After World War II, Americans started treating gasoline as if it were a necessary element for sustaining life, like air and water and television. We preach about capitalism and the beauty of unfettered market forces determining price – but not when it comes to gas. When it comes to gas, we need it cheap, and […]
