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Quotes About America

America means opportunity, freedom, power.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
It was his optimism that Freud bequeathed to America and it was the optimism of our youthfulness, our freedom from the sterner, sadder tradition of Europe which enabled us to seize his gift.
~ Karl A. Menninger
In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
If you say, I'm living in America and I have freedom of speech but I choose not to use it because it's going to cost me, well, you're not living in freedom. You're not free.
~ Tim Robbins
The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
~ Ai Weiwei
I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
Our plans protect freedom and opportunity, and our blueprint is the Constitution of the United States.
~ Mitt Romney
As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.
~ Barry White
America is the land of freedom and that's the way I enjoy living.
~ John Wayne
The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.
~ Eliot Engel
Like other important immigrant communities, the Jewish experience in the United States represents the ideal of freedom and the promise and opportunity of America.
~ Jan Schakowsky
In America, writers are afforded the freedom to express themselves in unlimited manners. Creative liberty is a privilege.
~ Michael Graves
I can remember when Democrats believed that it was the duty of America to fight for freedom over tyranny.
~ Zell Miller
Freedom and democracy, That's the word from Washington every day. Put America to sleep with warm milk and clichés, And people are expendable along the way.
~ Ani DiFranco
America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.
~ Brent Scowcroft
It was so much fun to have the freedom to wander America, with no assignments. For 25 or 30 years I never had an assignment. These were all stories I wanted to do myself.
~ Charles Kuralt
America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
~ Lord Byron
The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.
~ George W. Bush
I think it is very important for any U.S. administration to be clear that America stands on the side of freedom and democracy and respect for individual rights.
~ Stephen Hadley
Our ideals of freedom, set forth and realized in our Constitution, are our greatest export to the world.
~ Robert Byrd
Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.
~ John Stossel
Back a hundred years ago, especially around Woodrow Wilson, what happened in this country is we took freedom and we chopped it into pieces.
~ Ron Paul
The time has now come to amend the Constitution to restore freedom of speech for America's people of faith.
~ Ralph E. Reed, Jr.
The American patriots of today continue the tradition of the long line of patriots before them, by helping to promote liberty and freedom around the world.
~ John Linder