Americans Quotes

Americans are simple people with simple interests – The only time they sincerely ask “why” about anything is when they don’t receive their paychecks.

Eugene J. Martin
Our racial past and future is something that we Americans must address.

Uzodinma Iweala
- Future
- Americans
- Racial

Many things would be changed for Americans if they would only admit that there is ill-luck in this world and that misfortune is not a priori a crime.

Simone de Beauvoir
- Changed
- Crime
- Ill-luck
Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions; they argue with good looks, celebrities and comercials.

Neil Postman
- Exchange
- Argue
- Entertain
The bottom line is that the government has artificially mitigated lenders’ risk, and it has done so on the perverse, altruistic premise that “society” has a moral duty to increase home ownership among low-income Americans.

Yaron Brook
Of course, the genesis of a good portion of the gridlock in Congress does not reside in Congress itself. Ultimate reform will require each of us, as voters and Americans, to take a long look in the mirror, because in many ways, our representatives in Washington reflect the people who have sent them there.

Evan Bayh
Sixty-nine percent of Americans believed that Saddam Hussein was personally responsible for 9/11 when we invaded Iraq. That is the biggest failure of the media I have ever seen.

Cenk Uygur
I think it is appropriate when you look at the test that you have to meet to be commander-in-chief for Americans to be thoughtful about, you know, who has the experience and the approach that is best likely to work.

Hillary Clinton