A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
-Bill Vaughn
Quotations on America
Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every country.
-Sinclair Lewis
-Sinclair Lewis
America is not merely a nation but a nation of nations.
-Lyndon Baines Johnson
-Lyndon Baines Johnson
When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, "ours."
-Vine Deloria, Jr.
-Vine Deloria, Jr.
America is a passionate belief in freedom.
-Harry Emerson Fosdick
-Harry Emerson Fosdick
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.
-Arnold Toynbee
-Arnold Toynbee
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