Quotes about America
379 quotes from 149 people
Matthew Arnold1822–1888Culture and Anarchy (1869), Preface- Matthew Arnold1822–1888Civilization in the United States (1888), p. 177
America thou half-brother of the world!
With something good and bad of every land.
Philip James Bailey1816–1902Festus (1839), Scene X, Earth’s SurfaceAmerica! America!
God mend thine ev’ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law.Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real.
Jean Baudrillard1929–2007Simulacra and Simulation (1981), “The Precession of Simulacra,” p. 12
Saul Bellow1915–2005“Saul Bellow: Treading on the Toes of the Brahmans,” interview with Lawrence Grobel in Endangered Species: Writers Talk about Their Craft, Their Visions, Their Lives [Da Capo, 2001, ISBN ], p. 21
Wendell Berry1934–2026“Compromise, Hell!” Orion magazine (November/December 2004)
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary, p. 266 (1948). Originally published in 1906 as The Cynic’s Word Book.PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary.- Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
Osama bin Laden1957–2011Video statement broadcast on the Arabic-language Al-Jazeera TV station. (26 December 2001).The United States is the only country with a known birthday.
James G. Blaine1830–1893Oration on Independence Day
Simón Bolívar1783–1830Statement of 1829, as quoted in The Great Fear: The Reconquest of Latin America by Latin Americans (1963) by John Gerassi
