God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most, had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.

All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.

Europeans like some Americans drive on the right side of the road except in England where they drive on both sides of the road, Italy where they drive on the sidewalk, and France where if necessary they will follow you right into the hotel lobby.

America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home.

I was born in Europe... and I've traveled all over the world. I can tell you that there is no place, no country that is more compassionate, more generous, more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America.

American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it.

I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.

France and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing though is that people there know how to live! In America they've forgotten all about it. I'm afraid that the American culture is a disaster.

American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon.

After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.

There is an amazing something in the American psyche which speaks about courage and it says 'Yes I can '... Yes we will overcome it all because we have the spirit to do so.

Public opinion in this country is everything.

American business long ago gave up on demanding that prospective employees be honest and hardworking. It has even stopped hoping for employees, who are educated enough, that they can tell the difference between the men's room and the women's room without having little pictures on the doors.

Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

That we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.