America is woven of many strands; I would recognize them and let it so remain. . . . Our fate is to become one, and yet many. By Ralph Ellison America, Diversity
Americans, who make more of marrying for love than any other people, also break up more of their marriages, but the figure reflects not so much the failure of love as the determination of people not to live without it. By Morton Hunt America, Love, Marriage, Romantic
If ignorance paid dividends, most Americans could make a fortune out of what they don’t know about economics. By Luther Hodges America, Credit, Dividends, Economics, Ignorance
I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House—with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. By John F. Kennedy America, Praise
Loneliness seems to have become the great American disease. By John Corry America, Loneliness, Solitude
America is not like a blanket—one piece of unbroken cloth, the same color, the same texture, the same size. America is more like a quilt—many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven and neld together by a common thread. By Jesse Jackson America, Diversity
America is God’s Crucible, the great Melting Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and reforming! By Israel Zangwill America, Race
Americans are getting stronger. Twenty years ago it took two people to carry ten dollars’ worth of groceries. Today, a five-year-old can do it. By Henny Youngman America, Economics, Inflation, Sarcastic
Remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists. By Franklin D. Roosevelt America, Immigrants, Restlessness
Here in America we are descended in blood and spirit from revolutionists and rebels— men and women who dared to dissent from accepted doctrine. By Dwight D. Eisenhower America, Freedom, Rebels, Revolution
I’m proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is—I could be just as proud for half the money. By Arthur Godfrey America, Economics, Taxes
An American believes more than anything else in the last four letters of that title: I can. By Anonymous America, Incentive, Initiative, Motivational, Uplifting
