American Quotes

We will continue to deepen our engagement using every element of American power - diplomacy, military, economic development, the power of our values and our ideals.

There have been periods where the folks who were already here suddenly say, 'Well, I don't want those folks,' even though the only people who have the right to say that are some Native Americans.

Jimmy Carter will go down in American history as 'the president who lost Iran,'

It will be up to each of you to make sure that young people, African Americans, Latinos and women who powered our victory in 2008 stand together once again.

American leadership is not simply a matter of going it alone and bearing all of the burden ourselves.

I'm named Barack Hussein Obama. I'm African-­American.

American politics is always somewhat fluid. In this age of social media, it means that voters can swing back and forth.

[Donald Trump] ran an extraordinarily unconventional campaign and it resulted in the biggest political upset in perhaps modern political history. American history.

It requires enormous energy for us to cut the African American uninsured rate by a third. A lot of scars.

American values and legal traditions do not permit the indefinite detention of people beyond our borders.

I make no apologies for us wanting to do this [bombing Iraq and Syria] appropriately and in a way that is consistent with American values.

I see Donald Trump as a phenomenon of an expression of certain fears, certain resentments, that have been a running thread in American history.

African American boys oftentimes fall behind in school early, start feeling discouraged, check out, drop out, end up on the streets and then get into trouble.

Bernie Sanders would say, "You still have millions of African Americans who aren't insured, and if we had a single-payer system, that wouldn't be the case." And that's true.

Part of American leadership is making sure that we're doing nation building here at home. That will help us maintain the kind of American leadership that we need.

All my favorite movies are American movies since I was a kid.

You can turn away the Mexicans, the African-Americans, the teenagers and other suspect groups, but there's no fence high enough to keep out the repo man.

My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.

You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.

I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans - the original Americans.

African Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem.

Had middle class black women begun a movement in which they had labeled themselves "oppressed," no one would have taken them seriously.

I mean it used to be, there was a time … when lynchings of African Americans were not that incredibly rare. Now the lynchings are the police and it's just an outrage.

I'm very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together.

We should vigorously debate policy differences. We have too much all-or-nothing in American politics.

In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction.

In no obvious sense was the American Revolution undertaken as a social revolution.

American citizens should not lose their constitutional rights because they lack the money to pay for them.

Today, over half of American workers have less than $10,000 in savings and have no idea how they will be able to retire with any shred of dignity.

The police killings of unarmed African Americans has got to stop.

Bradley Manning is an American hero.

Something about the fact that an African American had, given the long sad history of our country, now become President - that was exhilarating.

The fault line in American history is now a dividing line in the election and it's changing the conversation.

Throughout American history, we have elected presidents who had not been honest man. Warren Harding, Richard Nixon, to some extent, Lyndon Johnson just to name a few.

Im no expert on American politics.

Unless we make education a priority, an entire generation of Americans could miss out on the American dream.

I think America did a great job. I think Carrie Underwood fits the bill of American Idol. She's a wonderful girl, and she's gonna have a great career.

Are we a nation of guarantees or are we a nation of opportunities to achieve the American dream?

Everything depends on a good job - strong families, strong communities, the pursuit of the American dream, and a tax base to support schools for our kids and services for our seniors.

In fact, the Harvard study data indicates that 70 percent of African American children attend schools that are predominately African American, about the same level as in 1968 when Dr. King died.

New Orleans has a real spirit. It's the most authentic of all American cities.

American politics are important because it affects the entire world in often negative ways.

I'm not promoting myself as the next great American driver, as some people are describing me. If that's what people want to call me, fine. But I've got more important things to focus on.

My own American Dream was to serve my country as best I could and make a difference in America - and in the world.

I don't watch 'American Idol,' but I wouldn't call it 'undignified.'

Is there decency left in American politics?

I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

What I have said to people is that I've lived the American dream, because I have.

I grew up in the Alps and France, and Barbie was my first exposure to the American woman. For me she was blonde, she was free and she was fun.

I play American football every Saturday, which I find calming.