“It ought to go without saying, but life in the United States of America was never “great” for everyone — and that remains true today. But even if the emotional decibel in America currently falls somewhere between anxious, traumatic and chaotic, whenever I listen closely, I hear a different tune: tun…”— Haley Nahman, manrepeller.com
“How can I pledge allegiance to the flag?When they killin' all our sons, all our dads?”— Meek Mill, Miguel, open.spotify.com
“Whiteness needs a villain in order to persist, and whiteness isn't above inventing them.”— Joshua Rivera, gq.com
“We Americans claim to be a peace-loving people. We hate bloodshed; we are opposed to violence. Yet we go into spasms of joy over the possibility of projecting dynamite bombs from flying machines upon helpless citizens. We are ready to hang, electrocute, or lynch anyone, who, from economic necessity,…”— Emma Goldman, edchange.org
“Here in America, we have labored long and hard to achieve a social order worthy of our great heritage. In our time, tremendous progress has been made toward a really democratic way of life. Let me assure the forward-looking people of America that there will be no relaxation in our efforts to improve…”— Harry S Truman, trumanlibrary.org
“Today, the entire world is looking to America for enlightened leadership to peace and progress. Such a leadership requires vision, courage and tolerance. It can be provided only by a united nation deeply devoted to the highest ideals.”— Harry S Truman, trumanlibrary.org
“No nation on this globe should be more internationally minded than America because it was built by all nations.”— Harry S Truman, amazon.com
“You're looking at me as though I'm weird. My god! Are you so out of touch with most of America, most of which believes in the devil? I mean, Jesus Christ believed in the devil! It's in the Gospels! You travel in circles that are so, so removed from mainstream America that you are appalled that anybo…”— Antonin Scalia, nymag.com
“Neglected by Congress below; pinched with every want here; distressed with the small-pox; want of Generals and discipline in our Army—which may rather be called a great rabble—our late unhappy retreat from Quebec, and loss of the Cedars; our credit and reputation lost, and great part of the country;…”— Benedict Arnold, en.wikiquote.org
“This is America; pick a job and become the person who does it.”— Robin Veith, Bobbie Barrett, Melinda McGraw, imdb.com
“America is a dream. The poet says it was promises. The people say it is promises—that will come true. The people do not always say things out loud, Nor write them down on paper. The people often hold Great thoughts in their deepest hearts And sometimes only blunderingly express them, Haltingly and s…”— Langston Hughes, amazon.com
“The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.”— Alexis de Tocqueville, amazon.com
“You know what the most dangerous thing in America is, right? Nigga with a library card.”— Ed Burns, David Simon, Brother Mouzone, Michael Potts, imdb.com
“I fell in love with McDonald's. McDonald's, to me, tasted like America. McDonald's is America. You see it advertised and it looks amazing. You crave it. You buy it. You take your first bite, and it blows your mind. It's even better than you imagined. Then, halfway through, you realize it's not all i…”— Trevor Noah, amazon.com
“When you have children—young children and older children going to university in America—you are of course concerned and worried. What are their lives going to be like? That’s my main concern. Obviously there are a lot of other things in terms of how businesses are going to survive, how people from E…”— David Beckham, standard.co.uk
“Living in L.A. was incredible. I’m an English boy, and I love being in London, but I miss living in America, because we were welcomed with opened arms.”— David Beckham, gq.com
“The Jesus I believe in would have a lot to say about the many things that cause pain and suffering to millions of people around the world. The Jesus I believe in isn’t obsessed with America, because He didn’t invent America. He loves all people everywhere absolutely equally.”— Jamie Tworkowski, twitter.com
“We're gonna go where people pretend to want to go when they can't afford to go someplace good. We're gonna see America. We take no map. We'll follow the sun. Stay in cheap motels and steal what we need along the way. We go west, past the cheese factories, where the air is fresh, the sky is big, and…”— Ron Leavitt, Al Bundy, Ed O'Neill, imdb.com