I'm interested in what it means to be an American. I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind of country that we live in and leave our kids. I'm interested in trying to define what that country is. Votes: 5
Each generation of Americans must define what it means to be an American. Votes: 4
And children, if your parents haven't been teaching you what it means to be an American, let 'em know and nail 'em on it. That would be a very American thing to do. Votes: 4
And this President wakes up every morning, looks out across America and is proud to announce, 'It could be worse.' It could be worse? Is that what it means to be an American? It could be worse? Of course not. What defines us as Americans is our unwavering conviction that we know it must be better. Votes: 4
It's certainly not too late to change to the winning side. But you know, you also have the freedom to stay just where you are. That's what it means to be an American. That's the miracle of America. Freedom to believe means the freedom to believe the wrong thing, after all. Just as freedom of speech gives you the right to stay silent. Votes: 4
An American has no sense of privacy. He does not know what it means.There is no such thing in the country. Votes: 0
I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the Chinese culture. Votes: 0
When people ask me what 'American Pie' means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to. Votes: 0
I grew up in the classic American-Jewish suburbia, which has a whole different sense of what it means to be Jewish than anywhere else in the world. Votes: 0
That's what it means to be an American. To be free to love who and what you want, and to keep a lot in your heart at once. Votes: 0
The tension between people is palpable, and the ideal of what it means to be and look American becomes a preoccupation to folks around the country, including me. Votes: 0
For many, the American dream has become a nightmare. Votes: 3 Bernie Sanders
Means are ends in the making Votes: 3 Mahatma Gandhi
It is never too late to be what you might have been Votes: 3 George Eliot