American Quotes
Beautiful collection of Quotes about the culture, norms, politics of America:
“America, for me, has been the place of pursuing dreams and catching happiness.”
“I feel sorry for the person who hasn’t seen America yet, it is no doubt wonderful to find, but missing it more wonderful.”
“America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn’t standing still.”
“We sleep peacefully at night, cradled by the big strong hands of America.”
“Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages”
“Our country, right or wrong.” When right to be kept right; when wrong to be put right.”
“America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.”
“If you can speak three languages you’re trilingual. If you can speak two languages you’re bilingual. If you can speak only one language you’re an American.”
“In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.”
“Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.”
“America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true.”
“Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings.”
“If America ever passes out as a great nation, we ought to put on our tombstone: America died from a delusion she had Moral Leadership.”
“To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.”
“How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.”
“America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.”
“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else.”
“America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.”
“What we all want is very simple, we just want an America to be good as it promises”
