American Sayings and Proverbs

American Sayings and Proverbs

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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.

Nelson Mandela

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

Homer Simpson in The Simpsons - Season 24 Episode 5

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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.

Thomas Jefferson in Declaration of Independence

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Human Rights USA Famous Quotes Independence Day

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

Martin Luther King

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Tolerance USA Independence Day

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.

Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother - Season 5 Episode 5

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Robin Scherbatsky USA

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!

Francis Scott Key - Star-Spangled Banner

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USA Independence Day

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

Neil Postman

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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.

Wil Wheaton

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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.

Nelson Mandela - 2002, on the US, preparing to invade Iraq

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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.

Benjamin Franklin - May 1777

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USA Independence Day

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.

John F. Kennedy - Inaugural Address

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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.

Homer Simpson in The Simpsons

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Laughter is America's most important export.

Walt Disney

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Laughing & Smile USA

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.

Martin Luther King

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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.

George Washington - 27. August 1776 - before the Battle of Long Island

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USA Independence Day

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!

Samuel Francis Smith - My Country, 'Tis of Thee

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USA Independence Day

Thirty seconds is the exact amount of time Americans can tolerate something they don't understand.

Stephen Colbert

When the nations of the world look upon the United States, they see a country which has achieved what they would all like to become one day. Whether it is in the field of science, art, music, agriculture, politics, economics or war, the United States is the leader.

John F. Kerry

America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.

Henry Kissinger

The bedrock of this country are immigration and, really, a great separation between church and state.

Shahid Khan

USA Refugees & Immigrants

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.

Woodrow Wilson

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!

Homer Simpson in The Simpsons

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 Simpson in The Simpsons

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

Marge Simpson in The Simpsons

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

Jack O'Neill in Stargate - SG-1

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.

Colin Kaepernick - October 2016

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.

Joe Biden - April 2021, Speech to Congress

I think America's strength is in innovation.

Lonnie Johnson

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

Nicole Kidman

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

Joe Biden - October 2020, second United States presidential debate

I like America to some extent.

Michael Moore

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.

Donald Trump (as President of the United States of America) - State of the Union 2020

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

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

Elmer Davis

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

Elmer Davis

USA Memorial Day Armed Forces Day

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

Pete Buttigieg - April 2019

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

James Monroe (1758 - 1831)

USA Independence Day

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

Millard Fillmore

When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.

Cassandra Clare in The Infernal Devices

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Lies Men Taking action Talking

Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.

Friedrich Schiller in Don Carlos

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Youth Men Birthday Age

Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.

Cassandra Clare in The Infernal Devices

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As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!

Coco Chanel

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When a guy does something stupid once, well that's because he's a guy. But if he does the same stupid thing twice, that's usually to impress some girl.

Once-ler in The Lorax

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Tell a man: "I hate you" - you'II have the best sex of your Iife. But tell him: "I Iove you" - you'II probably never see him again.

Samantha Jones in Sex And The City - Season 2 Episode 10

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As long as you know that most men are like children, you know everything.

Coco Chanel

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Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Friendship Men Women

Never forget what someone says to you when they're angry because that's when the truth comes out.

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Enjoy your youth.
You'll never be younger than you are at this very moment.

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