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America Quotes

If we lose that sacred fire - if we let it be smothered with doubt and fear - then we shall reject the destiny which Washington strove so valiantly and so triumphantly to establish.

It seemed one of our great national tragedies that just when Woodrow Wilson was beginning to accomplish definite improvements in the living standards of America, the World War not only interrupted his course, but laid the foundation for twelve years of retrogression.

It is, therefore, a matter of vital interest and concern to the people of the United States that the sanctity of international treaties and the maintenance of international morality be restored.

America hates war. America hopes for peace. Therefore, America actively engages in the search for peace.

We in America know that our own democratic institutions can be preserved and made to work.

Different from a great part of the world, we in America persist in our belief in individual enterprise and in the profit motive.

The American people, since 1932, continue to insist on two requisites of private enterprise, and the relationship of Government to it. The first is complete honesty...and the second is sincere respect.

The American people will not be deceived by anyone who attempts to suppress individual liberty under the pretense of patriotism.

The task on our part is twofold: First, as simple patriotism requires, to separate the false from the real issues; and, secondly, with facts and without rancor, to clarify the real problems for the American public.

A long record has been written. In that record, both in this State and in the national capital, you will find a simple, clear and consistent adherence not only to the letter, but to the spirit of the American form of government.

I wish I could keep war from all Nations; but that is beyond my power. I can at least make certain that no act of the United States helps to produce or to promote war.

The conscience of America revolts against war and that any Nation which provokes war forfeits the sympathy of the people of the United States.

To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the dictates of sound policy. It is in violation of the traditions of America.

It is the self-reliant pioneer in every enterprise who beats the path along which American civilization has marched. Such individual effort is the glory of America.

This country seeks no conquest. We have no imperial designs. From day to day and year to year, we are establishing a more perfect assurance of peace with our neighbors.

In the United States we regard it as axiomatic that every person shall enjoy the free exercise of his religion according to the dictates of his conscience.

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don't care for human beings.

Ethiopia has always held a special place in my own imagination and the prospect of visiting attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England and America combined. I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roots of what made me an African. Meeting the emperor himself would be like shaking hands with history.

If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that the attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world peace.