5,300 Quotes About America

  • Author Kishore Mahbubani
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    ... while Chinese leaders want to rejuvenate Chinese civilization, they have no missionary impulse to take over the world and make everyone Chinese. China’s role and influence in the world will certainly grow along with the size of its economy. Yet, it will not use its influence to change the ideologies or political practices of other societies.

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  • Author James Salter
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    I don’t really think nations can die,” he said. “A place and a history as vast as America cannot disappear, but it can become dark. And it seems to be slipping toward that. I mean, the utterly blind passions, the lack of moderation—these things are like a fever. Well, it’s more than that. Perhaps we’re alarmed over something we just hadn’t noticed before, something which has always existed, but I don’t think so.

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  • Author Yaa Gyasi
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    We can't go back can we?" She stopped walking and touched his arm. She looked more serious than she had all night, like she was only just considering that he was a real person and not someone she had dreamed up when he found her asleep. "We can't go back to something we ain't never been to in the first place. It ain't ours anymore. This is." She swept her hand in front of her, as though she were trying to catch all of Harlem in it, all of New York, all of America.

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  • Author Philip Wyeth
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    The United States of America as it had been known for centuries was no more. Transformed in the blink of an eye without consulting anyone, let alone by royal decree. And the people being overrun were expected not to mourn the loss of their homeland, but just roll over and fade away.

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  • Author Khaled Hosseini
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    (...) Kabulul devenise pentru mine un oraș al fantomelor. Un oraș al fantomelor cu buze de iepure. America era diferită. America era un fluviu impetuos, nepăsător cu trecutul. Puteam să mă scufund în fluviul ăsta, să-mi las păcatele să se înece la fund, să las apele să mă ducă undeva, departe. Undeva unde nu sunt nici fantome, nici amintiri, nici păcate. Chiar și numai pentru asta, am adoptat America.

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