quotes about America
September 5, 2010
The government of the Almighty has always been very dissimilar to the governments of men, whether we refer to His religious government, or to the government of nations. The government of God has always tended to promote peace, unity, harmony, strength, and happiness; while that of man has been productive of confusion, disorder, weakness and misery.
- Joseph Smith
The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. With slight shades of difference, you have the same Religion, Manners, Habits, and Political Principles. You have in common cause fought and triumphed together; the Independence and Liberty you possess are the work of joint counsels, and joint efforts-of common dangers, sufferings, and successes.
- George Washington
The United States, as the world knows, will never start a war.
- John F. Kennedy
This is a world of compensation; and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
- Abraham Lincoln
To the memory of George Washington; the childless father of seventy millions.
- Unknown
Today the eyes of all people are truly upon us-and our government, in every branch, at every level...we must be as a city on a hill-constructed and inhabited by men aware of their grave trust and great responsibilities.
- John Winthrop
We believe we must be the family of America, recognizing that at the heart of the matter we are bound one to another.
- Mario Cuomo
We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
- Thomas Jefferson
We shall be a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are on us.
- John Winthrop
We're no more or less than other Americans...we're just people...white, black, yellow, brown...In our working, our loving, our sorrowing, and our dying we are making America of New and Tomorrow, just aas we helped make Yesterday.
- Walter Turpin
What a glorious morning for America!
- Samuel Adams
What charms me in America! Is that all citizens are brethren.
- Marquis de Lafayette
(A)merica is a rainbow...America is European and African and much more. It is the "much more"-Indians, Asians, Latinos, and others-which makes this country a rainbow.
- James Cone
America has meant to the world a land in which the common man who means well and is willing to do his part has access to all the necessary means of a good life.
- Alvin Saunders Johnson
America has never forgotten-and will never forget-the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path-the path that was entered upon only one hundred and fifty years ago-How young she is!
- Bernard Baruch
America is now a space-faring nation, a frontier good for millions of years. The only time remotely comparable was when Columbus discovered a whole new world.
- James McDonnell
America is the greatest nation in history. Measure it however you like. We are a mere five percent of the world's population, but produce thirty percent of the goods and services. In science, mathematics, and medicine, we walk away with most of the Nobel Prizes. In the Olympics, our amateurs defeat the state-supported athletic elite of other nations. And with America doing eighty-five percent of all world giving, you'd think we invented charity.
- Walter E. Williams
American society is characterized by spontaneous, voluntary, non-governmental cooperation of citizens in their local communities. It is brotherhood in action.
- Erwin D. Canham
Americans have always been eager for travel, that being how they got to the New World in the first place.
- Otto Friedrich
An American Religion: Work, play, breathe, bathe, study, live, laugh, and love.
- Elbert Hubbard