Un American Quotes
For the Lakota there was no wilderness. Nature was not dangerous but hospitable, not forbidding but friendly.
Black people cannot and will not become integrated into American society on any terms but those of self-determination and autonomy.
But when you come to Heritage USA, remember to bring your Bible and your VISA card - because the Bible is the Holy Truth, and God doesnt take American Express
If you're going to dedicate your career to ranting about the excesses of American capitalism, you probably shouldn't weigh 450 pounds.
Three years into the war, tens of thousands of American troops remain targets of a growing Iraqi insurgency.
Republicans have called for a National African-American Museum. The plan is being held up by finding a location that isn't in their neighborhood.
The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.
I see America through the eyes of the victim. I don’t see any American dream; I see an American nightmare.
The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military.
The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.
Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is
American Gods is about 200,000 words long, and I'm sure there are words that are simply in there 'cause I like them. I know I couldn't justify each and every one of them.
It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics.
OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of the opposition in that sense hurt me.
I am convinced that the stratigraphic method will in the future enable archaeology to throw far more light on the history of American culture than it has done in the past.
The great and invigorating influences in American life have been the unorthodox: the people who challenge an existing institution or way of life, or say and do things that make people think.
The first thing I have at heart is American liberty; the second thing is American union.
On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.
In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities: either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric.
You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent.
One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.
In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of this land, Native American folklore, and also Hispanic folklore now that I live in the Southwest.
For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things sacred.
As sure as water's wet and days are long and a friend will always disappoint you in the end.
The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.
To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.
STOP looking back!!!! When your past calls do NOT pick up!! it has nothing new to say.
I don't want to be remembered as an activist; I want to be remembered as an American Indian patriot.
Together, we will have one great American future. Our potential is unlimited. We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag.
I have good genes. My father is Danish and my mother is Irish and Native American. They both have good skin.
If it were up to me, I would put in jail every sandal-wearing, scruffy-bearded weirdo who burns the American flag. But I am not king.
Sometimes we have to lose our way to find out what we really want, for we often ignore our needs until we are lost.
Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.
I got my dog back, in African-American language, your dog means your passion, your fire.
There is a rowdy strain in American life, living close to the surface but running very deep. Like an ape behind a mask, it can display itself suddenly with terrifying effect.
Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.
Diversity has been written into the DNA of American life; any institution that lacks a rainbow array has come to seem diminished, if not diseased.
