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Quotes About America

The world, including America, is filled with alternative, competing visions of reality—what is ultimately and "really" real behind what everyone sees every day. These visions of reality are philosophies of life, worldviews, or metaphysical perspectives.
~ Roger E. Olson
Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of the film.
~ Roger Ebert
In America, if you succeed, you get sued. If nobody is suing you in America, you haven't made it there.
~ Roland Kelts
Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day. —Benito Mussolini Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry. —Winston Churchill
~ Roland Merullo
C'est fini, Gary Cooper. Fini pour toujours. Fini, l'Américain tranquille, sûr de lui et de son droit, qui est contre les méchants, toujours pour la bonne cause, et qui fait triompher la justice et gagne toujours à la fin. Adieu l'Amérique des certitudes.
~ Romain Gary
Le plus mauvais film américain est toujours véridique, il rend toujours fidèlement compte des États-Unis. Cela
~ Romain Gary
Of all the founders, Hamilton probably had the gravest doubts about the wisdom of the masses and wanted elected leaders who would guide them. This was the great paradox of his career: his optimistic view of America's potential coexisted with an essentially pessimistic view of human nature. His faith in Americans never quite matched his faith in America itself.
~ Ron Chernow
If acknowledging that racial misgivings and misunderstandings are still a part of politics and life in America, I plead guilty.
~ Ron Fournier
We, the people. Manifest Destiny. Conceived in liberty. Fear itself. Ask not. Morning in America. United we stand. Yes, we can. In times of great change and tumult, presidents seek to inspire beleaguered Americans by reminding them of their national identity.
~ Ron Fournier
It's just a simple fact that in America drugs and booze cost money, but food is free to anyone willing to snooze through a gospel message.
~ Ron Hall
Craig inscribed something in the journal and Bob walked over to study the entry. "Does the name Bob Ford mean anything to you? Craig dipped his quill in the ink bottle and scripted cursively on a brown blotter. "Is that your actual name or your alias?" "Actual," said Bob, and he grinned with delight when he saw the name recorded in Craig's elegant calligraphy. "Pretty soon all of America will know who Bob Ford is.
~ Ron Hansen
The Americans are certainly great hero worshippers, and always take their heroes from the criminal classes.
~ Ron Hansen
For as long as the power of America's diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, Muslim or gay, we still must overcome.
~ Ron Kind
To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution.
~ Ron Paul
I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.
~ Ron Paul
Why volunteer to fight in wars that contribute nothing for our security and undermine our Constitution? More and more Americans are beginning to realize that the government has little to do with "defending our freedoms" or stopping terrorism.
~ Ron Paul
The Bush Doctrine was created to justify ongoing and future interventions on the basis of America's "moral" responsibility since becoming the only superpower left standing. More succinctly, the Bush Doctrine is about pursuing a world empire.
~ Ron Paul
Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it.
~ Ron Suskind
Americans are free to choose everything from what they eat, drive and watch on TV to the President of the United States. Yet, when it comes to allowing Americans to choose the health insurance that works best for them and their family, the freedom to choose suddenly becomes un-American.
~ Ron Wyden
Efforts to remove the Christian faith from subjects like American history distort the content of the subject. Just as wrong is the idea that an evangelical textbook publisher should make it appear that evangelicals played a major role at every point in the history of the U.S. All such efforts are a travesty of history.
~ Ronald H. Nash
The richest 1 percent of Americans own more wealth than the bottom 80 percent.177
~ Ronald J. Sider
Trump's slogan to "make America great again" sounds so hollow and laughable!
~ Ronald J. Sider
The hypocrisy of slaveholders who revolted against Britain's oppression of them but kept slaves in America was condemned in both England and America
~ Ronald J. Sider
As an American, I want every president to succeed. As a Christian, I want all people to know and experience the love of God in its fullness, and be transformed by his grace.
~ Ronald J. Sider