American Quotes

Under current law volunteers who are not working with an official nonprofit organization are not covered by the Volunteer Protection Act. Therefore, there are absolutely no legal protections for the average American who wishes to volunteer.

~ Jon Porter

We have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with the European Union and that is already an advantage. We have seen the positive effects of this and our parliament will continue to go this way.

~ Ibrahim Rugova

Mrs. Parks' act of brave defiance rocked the foundation of American society and inspired generations of civil rights leaders and created a sense of hope for every American facing legal discrimination in this country.

~ Kendrick Meek

We need to be discussing issues specifically to help the American people. And that would not include illegal aliens. These are people - I'm for immigration - legal immigration. I've been an immigration attorney. But people who have come to our country and violated laws, we should not be providing full health care services.

~ Joe Wilson

The right to a trial is a core principle of the American legal system. Depriving Americans of these essential liberties undermines the Constitution while doing nothing to strengthen our national security.

~ John Garamendi

I couldn't swear that I believed in the law - or in the American legal system.

~ Felice Picano

The president, just as any other American, deserves a legal defense against personal lawsuits not related to his office. But the costs of that defense should be borne by him and not the taxpayer.

~ Ben Nighthorse Campbell

I feel as though my career really hit its high point when I was cast as a supporting actress in 'American Wedding'. I thought the script had a lot of depth and intelligence, and it really just jumped off the page.

~ January Jones

The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world.

~ Virginia Foxx

The American dream is about freedom.

~ Nancy Pelosi

To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.

~ Maya Lin

The answer to many of the domestic problems we face is not higher taxes and more spending. It is less waste, more results and greater freedom for the individual American to earn a rightful place in his own community - and for States and localities to address their own needs in their own ways, in the light of their own priorities.

~ Richard M. Nixon

That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity.

~ Lester Maddox

You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected.

~ Ron Paul

The American Dream is about freedom.

~ Rick Mears

If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.

~ Rand Paul

I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.

~ Michael Phelps

The American free market system is the greatest engine for prosperity and opportunity that the world has ever seen. Freedom works.

~ Ted Cruz

To be frank, it sometimes seems that the American idea of freedom has more to do with my freedom to do what I want than your freedom to do what you want. I think that, in Europe, we're probably better at understanding how to balance those competing claims, though not a lot.

~ Douglas Adams

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

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

Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it?

~ Chuck Palahniuk

The White House should always be a friend to American freedom.

~ Nancy Pearcey

I was surprised how relevant the Moses story was to contemporary American debates - from our ongoing debate about values, to our role as champions of freedom, to our place as a country that welcome immigrants.

~ Bruce Feiler

We're giving our freedoms away. The American experiment was about freedom. Freedom to be stupid, freedom to fail, freedom to succeed.

~ Glenn Beck

I understand the sacrifices American servicemen and women have made to protect freedom and democracy in my country and around the world.

~ Psy

They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that.

~ Audie Murphy

Our public portrayal of fathers has shifted during my life. TV fathers have 'evolved' from real people like Sheriff Andy Taylor, Beaver's dad Ward Cleaver and Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable, to cartoon dads like Homer Simpson and Seth MacFarlane's caricatures in 'American Dad!' and 'Family Guy.'

~ Donna Brazile

My dad and uncles were among the 125,000 proud black American volunteers who, throughout their entire lives, considered their decision to serve during WWII as their greatest honor.

~ Burgess Owens

Every single immigrant we have, undocumented or documented, is a future American. That's just the truth of it.

~ Junot Díaz