- Need
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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 May 30, 2021
- Deserve
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- Nov 07, 2020
I agree with President Roosevelt, and generations since, that American seniors deserve better than poverty.
- Attempting
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the midst of applying for American citizenship, of finally attempting to get my presidents in a row, I felt it incumbent upon myself to explore the national psyche in every way.
- Heirs
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- Nov 07, 2020
I certainly don't think that the heirs of the American Revolution were a particularly noble class.
- Dearth
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- Nov 07, 2020
The historic dearth of labor was perhaps the central feature of the American economy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American political system is based on the president taking the initiative and Congress responding. With President Trump, it's been the opposite.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Members of Congress are somewhat reluctant to tangle with a president who seems to have the backing of the American people.
- Citizen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an Israeli-born American citizen.
- Civilization
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- Nov 07, 2020
Compared with members of other nations of Western civilization, the ordinary American is a rationalistic being, and there are close relations between his moralism and his rationalism. Even romanticism, transcendentalism, and mysticism tend to be, in the American culture, rational, pragmatic and optimistic.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
- Force
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- Nov 07, 2020