Quotes about America

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America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselv — Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Slaughterhouse-Five
You’ve changed me forever. And I’ll never forget you. — Kiera Cass, The Elite
I want everything with you, America. I want the holidays and the birthdays, the busy season and lazy weekends. I want pe — Kiera Cass, The One
He must love you very much,' Gavril said once I had my footing.I couldn't look at him. 'What makes you say that?' Gavril — Kiera Cass, The Elite
Americans... are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something t — Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Cat's Cradle
What am I supposed to call you?""Your Royal Husbandness. It's required by law, I'm afraid. — Kiera Cass, The One
When Great Trees FallWhen great trees fall,rocks on distant hills shudder,lions hunker downin tall grasses,and even elep — Maya Angelou
I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu, The Prince and the Pauper
Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. — Martin Luther King Jr.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedic — Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address
We cannot have a world where everyone is a victim. "I'm this way because my father made me this way. I'm this way becaus — Camille Paglia
That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it. — George Carlin
In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem. — George Carlin
I have to return some videotapes — Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
Go back to bed, America. Your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go back to bed, America. Your government — Bill Hicks
In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common h — H.L. Mencken
...[G]reat progress was evident in the last Congress of the American 'Labour Union' in that among other things, it treat — Karl Marx, Selected Letters: The Personal Correspondence 1844-1877
Why can't these American women stay in their own country? They are always telling us that it is the paradise for women.I — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings