“It is my deep conviction that we have reached a turning point in our country’s efforts to guarantee freedom and equality to all our citizens. Recent events in the United States and abroad have made us realize that it is more important today than ever before to insure that all Americans enjoy these r…”— Harry S Truman, americanrhetoric.com
“There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.”— Jackie Robinson, jackierobinson.com
“Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.”— Alexis de Tocqueville, amazon.com
“Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. Stand up with our President and fight. We're Americans. We're Americans, and we'll never surrender. They will.”— John McCain, p2004.org
“The voice of the average, blue-collar American isn’t necessarily represented in Hollywood.”— Chris Pratt, mensjournal.com
“The American people don’t know what’s best for them. I do. I know exactly what they need. They’re like little children, Claire. Children we never had. We have to hold their sticky fingers and wipe their filthy mouths. Teach them right from wrong. Tell them what to think and how to feel and what to w…”— Kenneth Lin, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com
“...you can’t just sit back and admire the view. I’ve learned you’ve got to grab the present by the balls. That’s where the American people live.”— John Mankiewicz, Frank Underwood, Kevin Spacey, imdb.com
“I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.”— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org
“I had this dumb, Western idea. Like, I’m going to go to India and it’s gonna be so transcendent that I’m not gonna be afraid of death anymore, and I’m going to lay down so many of my Western anxieties and embrace a new kind of knowingness and bring it back to the U.S.”— Lena Dunham, theaerogram.com
“It’s a pretty American thing to say, ‘We should totally hang out again sometime,’ without meaning it one iota.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com