1 Caring for veterans shouldn’t be a partisan issue. It should an American one. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jennifer Granholm, Americanism, Bipartisanship, Veterans, 0 Jennifer Granholm Politician · USA Copy
2 Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Maureen Dowd, Americanism, Protection, Values, 0 Maureen Dowd Journalist Copy
3 American art, like the American language and American education, was as far as possible sexless. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry Adams, Americanism, Art, Sexuality, 0 Henry Adams Copy
4 Autobiography may be the preeminent kind of American expression. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Americanism, Identity, Self-reflection, 0 Henry James Author · USA Copy
5 It isn’t the oceans which cut us off from the world – it’s the American way of looking at things. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry Miller, Americanism, Isolation, Perspective, 0 Henry Miller Writer · USA Copy
6 Things have to be done fast in America , and therefore therapy has to be brief. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Gregory Bateson, Americanism, Efficiency, Therapy, 0 Gregory Bateson Copy
7 American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Americanism, Literature, Seriousness, 0 Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy
8 Racial prejudice boils down to the deeply anti-American message that some people are born to fail. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Fallows, Americanism, Inequality, Prejudice, 0 James Fallows Journalist · USA Copy
9 If you can take advantage of a situation in some way, it’s your duty as an American to do it. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Swartzwelder, Americanism, Duty, Opportunism, 0 John Swartzwelder Copy
10 I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Lewis, Americanism, Hopefulness, Optimism, 0 John Lewis Retail executive · USA Copy
11 All good American literature is always interested in people who are ambiguously heroic, like Gatsby. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Green, Ambiguity, Americanism, Heroism, 0 John Green Author Copy
12 I’ve always been interested in how we survive and how resourceful we are as Americans. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steven Spielberg, Americanism, Resourcefulness, Survival, 0 Steven Spielberg Film director · USA Copy
13 Americans used to roar like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Norman Vincent Peale, Americanism, Liberty, Security, 0 Norman Vincent Peale Minister · USA Copy
14 The Americans are optimistic by their nature. And they are hopeful. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chaka Fattah, Americanism, Hope, Optimism, 0 Chaka Fattah U.S. Representative Copy
15 Challenging leaders is as American as it gets. Author, July 9, 2023January 2, 2025, Rick Santelli, Americanism, Challenge, Leadership, 0 Rick Santelli Financial journalist Copy
16 Unity and resistance is a strong American trait. Author, June 11, 2023January 2, 2025, Tom Morello, Americanism, Resistance, Unity, 0 Tom Morello Musician Copy
I didn’t want kids to think that to be happy, they had to be famous or rich or live in the big city. Dan Savage Author · USA
Samadhi is the absorption of God. There’s no sense of time, place or condition. Read explanation Frederick Lenz Philosopher · USA
