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Quotes About America

America and the world are paying a high price for devotion to the extreme anti-government ideology embraced by Donald Trump and his Republican party.
~ Joseph Stiglitz
You know, I am mainstream America, and it really doesn't matter what party you're in. When you call your children and you say 'How are you?' - and what you are really asking is, 'Do you still have your job? And are you able to make the mortgage payment?', That resonates across the state, not across party lines.
~ Sharron Angle
Hardly anybody in America pays attention to local elections.
~ Jello Biafra
The CNN international is a different service - it is even more leftist and anti-American than CNN is. That's their business, that's fine, but it can't be getting any revenue. There is no cable network that I know of anywhere in the world other than in America that pays them for their products.
~ Rupert Murdoch
Only a strong America can guarantee a peaceful world.
~ Paul Cook
Americans get fooled because we think we're trying to help the peasants down there in El Salvador, even though we're propping up that oppressive government, among the most brutal and militaristic in the world.
~ David Dellinger
There is a kind of desperate need for somebody to tell everyone what to do, which I find really peculiar in America. And then when you tell them, they're not interested, because it's also a country where everybody's opinion is their opinion, and they really don't give a damn what you think. So it's a very odd experience.
~ Zadie Smith
O.K., if the desire to knock America off its pedestal, to redistribute American income to other countries, to shrink America's footprint in the world, makes you anti-American, then Obama is in fact anti-American.
~ Dinesh D'Souza
I'm the son of a pediatrician, and I do believe that the most important resource we have is our kids. And I think the most important thing for America's future is to invest more in our children.
~ Ezekiel Emanuel
Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.
~ Angela Davis
The men and women who serve this great nation, whether they are stationed in Iraq, Fort Riley, or the Korean Peninsula, or they serve us at home as our community first responders, serve because they believe in America.
~ Kathleen Sebelius
All Americans are dependent for their energy on the Arabian peninsula.
~ Barton Gellman
If I had a penny for every time I've been asked if I'm going to work in America.
~ Katherine Kelly
I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.
~ Cillian Murphy
Russians clearly perceive America's global influence as being in irreversible decline and American society shattered by major political, economic and ideological crises.
~ Ivan Krastev
I have no idea how I'm perceived in America because I don't live the reality of America.
~ Monica Bellucci
The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.
~ Larry King
I understand the Rooney Rule and I understand why it is critical in America. I certainly think there are differences between the American system and in American football, there is such a large percentage of players who are of ethnic backgrounds. I think there is a difference here... I don't think its appropriate here.
~ Chris Hughton
My brother is working to change the perception of Chinese food in America.
~ Lulu Wang
L.A., for me, is a perfect microcosm of America - because it's so profligate, and so glamorous, and so anti-intellectual, finally.
~ Lydia Millet
Fascism will come at the hands of perfectly authentic Americans.
~ John T. Flynn
It's such a performance to bring stuff into America. It's a great luxury when I am in England.
~ Terence Stamp
Zumbao' is a word that is not commonly used in mainstream America or even mainstream Latino America. For me, I needed a word that describes me as a performer, as an artist and that is just me wilding out and being crazy. I'm Zumbao.
~ Taboo
My family aren't performers. They're just normal people. They don't understand this entertainment world. They just think it's mental. They have no idea what I'm doing in America.
~ Jay Ryan