America Quotes

Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.

~ Robert Kennedy

America's commitment to religious freedom and tolerance should not be conditional.

~ Mark Mckinnon

In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.

~ Peter Ustinov

And freedom is what America means to the world.

~ Audie Murphy

The 1957 crisis in Little Rock, brought about by the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, was a huge part of the march toward freedom and opportunity in America.

~ Vic Snyder

America is a fundamentally good country. We have good people with good values who want to do the right thing. But the structures of power that exist are working to their own ends to extend their capability at the expense of the freedom of all publics.

~ Edward Snowden

The March on Washington was a March for Jobs and Freedom. There are still too many people who are unemployed or underemployed in America - they're black, white, Latino, Native American and Asian American.

~ John Lewis

In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than there's available... in America right now.

~ Merle Haggard

The problem of freedom in America is that of maintaining a competition of ideas, and you do not achieve that by silencing one brand of idea.

~ Max Lerner

I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values, our American system, our freedom, our liberties.

~ Gary Locke

If you allow one single germ, one single seed of slavery to remain in the soil of America... that germ will spring up, that noxious weed will thrive, and again stifle the growth, wither the leaves, blast the flowers and poison the fair fruits of freedom.

~ Ernestine Rose

In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well.

~ Vince Mcmahon

I have a very personal feeling about how special America is, and I know how precious freedom is. It is a sacred gift, sanctified by those who have lived it and those who have died defending it. My right to speak my mind, to have a voice, to be what some have called 'opinionated,' is a right I deeply and profoundly cherish.

~ Teresa Heinz

At least in America, you have freedom of speech, which is a good thing. It's just a question of whether you're allowed to use it on 'Fox News'.

~ Eric Idle

Not to sound overly cheesy but I really appreciate the freedom we have in America - especially as a female.

~ Katy Perry

What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities.

~ Ben Nelson

If anybody had a reason to become a delinquent, to become a criminal, to be angry at the man, to be angry at the white man, to be angry at America, it's my dad, but he did not feel that way at all.

~ Larry Elder

The whole thing for me is that I did 'Full House' and 'America's Funniest Home Videos,' and I look like a dentist, and I'm a dad. Being known as a dirty comedian turned into this weird thing. It's people's image of me.

~ Bob Saget

America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.

~ Frederick Douglass

Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices and demand their privileges. Let all thoughtful citizens sustain them, for the future of Labor is the future of America.

~ John L. Lewis

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

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

~ Madeleine Albright

America cannot turn its back on the economic future and women-owned businesses are part of that future.

~ Ruben Hinojosa