285 Quotes About Americans
- Author Vanessa Williamson
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Because taxpaying is seen as an emblem of civic worthiness, denying the poor the status of taxpayers has the effect of denying their political standing. Classing a large percentage of the populace as a kind of second-class citizenry is genuinely toxic for democratic norms.
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- Author Henry Johnson Jr
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When you attack your fellow "Americans" out of "HATE" no matter what organization or race you belong too, you have attacked America. It's called Homegrown Terrorism. If you loved America, you would not attack your fellow Americans out of barbarity. Learning "PEACE" is a condition of the heart. Peace is not possible without forgiveness. Un-forgiveness destroys, forgiveness heals.
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- Author Norman Mailer
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Because our tragedy is that we diverge as countrymen further and further away from one another, like a space ship broken apart in flight which now drifts mournfully in isolated orbits, satellites to each other, planets none, communications faint.
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- Author Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
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আমেরিকার সাধারণ মানুষেরা গোমড়ামুখী নয়, তারা খুব হাসিখুশি। পথেঘাটে সুন্দরী মেয়েরা খামোখা মিষ্টি হাসি দিলেই তারা প্রেমে পড়ে গেছে ভাবার কোনো কারণ নেই।
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- Author John Irving
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IF YOU ABOLISH THE DRAFT," said Owen Meany, "MOST AMERICANS WILL SIMPLY STOP CARING WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD
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- Author Naomi Jackson
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One of the things that confirmed Hyacinth’s suspicion that America was an evil, lonely place was that people were islands unto themselves. And so when Avril drifted away, there was no friend or neighbor or pastor or coworker to reach out to and ask after her child.
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- Author Jacob M. Appel
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If history judged nations by their pet theories, no one could ever doubt that Americans were creative.
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- Author Connie Willis
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After all, Americans can be terrifying.
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- Author Silas House & Neela Vaswani
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That's what it means to be an American. To be free to love who and what you want, and to keep a lot in your heart at once.
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