Quotes about The United States of America

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings.

This is America. Anyone can eat what they want, as long as they eat too much.

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

Not only are you wrong... but you are belligerently sticking to your guns and insulting me in the process. Robin Scherbatsky, you are an American.

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Americans are the best entertained and quite likely the least well-informed people in the Western world.

If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that the attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world peace.

It is a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own.

Let every nation know... that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

If you don't like your job, you don't strike: you just go in every day and do it really half a-sed. That's the American way.

Laughter is America's most important export.

I say to you that our goal is freedom, and I believe we are going to get there because however much she strays away from it, the goal of America is freedom.

The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.

My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountainside
Let freedom ring!

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt.

America's health care system is second only to Japan, Canada, Sweden, Great Britain, well… all of Europe. But you can thank your lucky stars we don't live in Paraguay!

Ooh, the Patriot Act is so terrible! The government might find out what library books I take out! What's next, finding out what operas I go to?

Homer: "Do you want the job done right or do you want it done fast?"
Marge: "Well, like all Americans… fast!"

Hammond: "Colonel, the United States is not in the business of interfering in other people's affairs!"
O'Neill: "Since when?"

I don't understand what's more American than fighting for liberty and justice for everybody, for the equality this country says it stands for. To me I see it as very patriotic and American to uphold the United States to the standards it says it lives by.

America is rising, choosing hope over fear, truth over lies, and light over darkness. After 100 days of rescue and renewal, America is ready for a takeoff, in my view. We are working again. Discovering again and leading the world again.

I think America's strength is in innovation.

I don't look at this in terms as he does, blue states and red states, they're all the United States.

You're not anyone in America unless you're on TV.

I like America to some extent.

Jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling, confidence is surging, and our country is thriving and highly respected again. America’s enemies are on the run, America’s fortunes are on the rise, and America’s future is blazing bright. The years of economic decay are over.

Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference.

This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it.

The Electoral College needs to go, because it's made our society less and less democratic.

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!

May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.

America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense… human rights invented America.

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.

America has the best doctors, the best nurses, the best hospitals, the best medical technology, the best medical breakthrough medicines in the world. There is absolutely no reason we should not have in this country the best health care in the world.

It is our duty and our privilege to keep America moving forward.

There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody! You built a factory out there? Good for you, but I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate.

Every red stripe in that flag represents the black man's blood that has been shed.

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.

Chum: "Humans - they think they own everything."
Anchor: "Probably American."

Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.

If the world were a bar, America would currently be the angry drunk waving around a loaded gun. Yeah, the other people in the bar may be afraid of him, but they sure as hell don't respect him.

Something is wrong with America. I wonder sometimes what people are thinking about or if they're thinking at all.

This country gave us hope. This country allowed for us to develop our own identity and to create our own home. And we should not look down on the next person that is trying to do that.

Our Constitution works; our great republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.

The choice facing the American people is not between growth and stagnation, but between short-term growth and long-term disaster.

When I take a knee, I am facing the flag with my full body, staring straight into the heart of our country's ultimate symbol of freedom - because I believe it is my responsibility, just as it is yours, to ensure that freedom is afforded to everyone in this country.