- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 Jul 31, 2026
- American Military
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- Nov 07, 2020
In committing an estimated 3,000 U.S. forces to join international Ebola relief efforts in West Africa, President Obama seems to be fulfilling the plans of highly influential progressive groups who seek to transform the American military into more of a social-work organization.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had experiences or exposure to music in church. I went to a church, it was very unique. It was a predominantly African American Catholic church. So they would have - one mass would be traditional church music, and then the other mass would be gospel music.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the '40s, Sam Goldwyn is a very serious man. By the '50s, he's the dean of American producers. To the end, he was Hollywood's gray eminence.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
We seek the right to play our part in advancing the cause of national defense and national unity. But certainly, there can be no true national unity where one-tenth of the population is denied their basic rights as American citizens.
- Blind
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- Nov 07, 2020
An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed.
- Cunning
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- Nov 07, 2020
In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.
- Assimilate
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- Nov 07, 2020
What makes America special is that people come here, assimilate and become American with all of the rights and responsibilities citizenship bestows.
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote and finished the script for 'Man in the Middle' two weeks after the September 11 bombing. It's a very American film about an ex-diplomat based in the Middle East, a leader in the U.S. administration who now sells used cars in the Middle East.
- Count
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not an American, Do they count the votes in America? I haven't voted in Jamaica either.
- American Republic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans resident in China inform us that the ballot box in their country is greatly abused for personal ends, and Chinese admirers of the American Republic have not minutely examined its defects.
- Clothes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chinese women are much more modest than American women when it comes to clothes. We tend to show less flesh.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020