5,300 Quotes About America

But why not take pride in this country? It's the envy of the world. A place where any man can realize his dream. We, the dreamers, built this nation.""The Indians and slaves might disagree," Jericho shot back.

… our nation's truly critical problems are built into the very structure of the economic and political system; they are not something passing in the night that will go away even when we elect forward-looking leaders and actively pressure them to move in a different direction.

Today, we'll celebrate Independence Day using the backdrop of the sky as a canvas, the fireworks thrown against it bearing semblance to the drips from the hands of Jackson Pollock but we'll forget that here, in America there are still some who are not free.

The union of America is the foundation-stone of her independence; the rock on which it is built; and is something so sacred in her constitution, that we ought to watch every word we speak, and every thought we think, that we injure it not, even by mistake.

Real patriots are the women who witnessed their assaulter claim dominion over red, white, and blue and still choose to call themselves American.

Why are so many Americans for male circumcision but against female circumcision? Both are equally cruel and barbaric traditions.

America wasn’t its people,” said Murka, stepping toe-to-toe with Herbert. He was a good sight taller than the hulking mass of bulletproof steel standing in front of him. “America was a dream, son. A dream of what we could be. That any person, regardless of their birth, could rise above it all and achieve greatness. It was a dream that even the most lowly of us could stand up, fight, and even die for, if only to protect someone else’s chances for that greatness.

He asked me if the alligator was a national symbol of the United States, because you saw them everywhere on people's shirts, just above the heart.

It will all be in vain, to try and look at the world through a small window and hope to comprehend it's complexities. Only those who boldy step out into it, will experience and learn things that are beyond their own understanding.