American Quotes

I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of American women, American families and ultimately the whole country.

I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap.

In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and emphatic division of governmental power for the very purpose of preventing unbridled majority rule.

Offhand, the only North American writers I can think of who have come from a background of rural poverty and gone on to write about it have been Negroes.

We're a gumbo of American music, and aren't ashamed to play pop or soul or rock because we all grew up on radio.

The American people are not anti-immigrant. We are concerned about the lack of coherence in our immigration policy and enforcement.

It's not a special taste. An American composer should have something to say to a cab driver.

I had the notion that I wanted to write the great dirty American novel, so I went to Roanoke College on the GI Bill.

What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction.

I understand that in these difficult economic times, the potential for any additional expense is not welcomed by American businesses. But in the long run, the health insurance reform law promises to cut health-care costs for U.S. businesses, not expand them.

Challenging leaders is as American as it gets.

I feel the happiest when I can light my American cigarettes with Soviet matches.

I love going to Topshop, Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, I'm in love with their jackets.

You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.

The American people are smart. They've gotten sick of the predictable hyperpartisan talking points and canned anger.

So every day I'm mindful as I watch the Bush crowd extend their sway into policies of every imaginable variety, and over almost every square foot of earth, that the control of the American state is a matter of urgency.

It's a fantastic review. Sixty percent of the American reviews are sensational, 20% are mixed, not so good.

What are you going to do to preserve a tradition that is the peculiar and unique culture that Judaism inculcates? The American Jewish community is not going to survive by lining up against its common enemy.

I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book.

Our economy is robust and will remain strong as more Americans who want a job find one. Republican economic policies based on tax relief are working for the American people.

The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.

Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.

It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather.

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.

Get off your bottom and be the stand, and do the work you can to pursue the American Dream for yourself, and help others to do the same.

I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.

The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially.

And one of the most important values of Barack Obama is that he will always level with the American people.

We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.

Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening and we are dead serious about ending business as usual in Washington.