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American Quotes
Many voices, one word.
These American quotes range from wry commentary on press culture to reflections on civic duty at the ballot box, plus lighter notes on dance companies and a television series praised as a genuine American classic. For more on the country itself, visit our America page.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's a myth that American public or any other public is so stupid that they need to be constantly pricked.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jazz was the pop music of its day, and all American popular music has stemmed from it one way or another.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is our responsibility as Americans to provide for the families of those who have died to defend our nation. Raising the military death benefit is not a Democrat or Republican issue - it is an American issue.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
What too many of Mr. Trump's supporters want is an American strongman, a president who will make the proverbial trains run on time.
- Anecdote
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- Nov 07, 2020
Voter fraud is a reality in American elections, but it is typical of the candidate to confuse anecdote with data and turn allegation into conspiracy.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is something kind of aggressively and inhumanly repetitive about this line that guns are essential to American liberties - hard one to stomach when so many thousands of people are dying every year for this so-called liberty.
- Blunders
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the scale of American blunders - from the Dred Scott decision to the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s to the tragedy of Vietnam - is the Trump presidency really unique?
- America
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American birthright belongs, potentially, to everyone. This is unprecedented. Other countries accept migrants on the basis of economic necessity or as a humanitarian gesture. Only in America is it the direct consequence of our foundational ideals.
- Disagreement
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American tradition rests on pillars of self-questioning, self-actualization, and disagreement.
- Democrats
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democrats should have learned in 2016 that what counts in American politics is location, not turnout.
- Nov 07, 2020
Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that the real difference in the American church is not between conservatives and liberals, fundamentalists and charismatics, nor between Republicans and Democrats. The real difference is between the aware and the unaware.
- Policy
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- Nov 07, 2020