Jeane Kirkpatrick once said, “Americans need to face the truth about themselves, no matter how pleasant it is.” The reason that many Americans don’t feel this way is that they judge themselves by a higher standard than anyone else. Americans are a self-scrutinizing people: even if they have acted well in a given situation, they […]
America - Americans Quotes
Our nation is chosen by God and commissioned by history to be a model to the world.
Away across the Atlantic the prolonged bombardment of London, and later of other cities and seaports, aroused a wave of sympathy in the United States, stronger than any ever felt before or since in the English-speaking world. Passion flamed in American hearts, and in none more than in the heart of President Roosevelt. The temperature […]
Before you guys came along, we hunted and fished when we wanted to, the women did all the work, and we paid no taxes. And you thought you could improve on this system? Indians have to deal with four “B.C.”s: Before Christ, Before Columbus, Before Custer, and before Costner.
America’s responsibility to history is to rid the world of evil. (speaking at the National Cathedral on September 14, 2001)
America, America, a great and strong country. Like a horse pulling the rest of the world out of the Slough of Despond. But will it stay the course?
I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music, and baseball.
At some point, we may be the only ones left. That’s OK with me. We are America.
“Americans? Oh, yeah. Meanly born, poorly educated – but exceedingly lucky – peasants.” – “With big guns?” – “Yeah, peasants with guns always make the aristocracy nervous.”
What society has so defined itself by the power of its inner desire, by its own yearning to accommodate the fantasies and impulses of its citizens? There is no French Dream, or Russian Dream, or African Dream, or British Dream, but everyone the world over knows about the American Dream. America is the place to […]
