An American is a man with two arms and four wheels.
A Chinese Child
In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.
A. E. Housman
There is a New America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not.
Adlai E. Jr. Stevenson
In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.
Adlai E. Jr. Stevenson
When an American says that he loves his country, he ... means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson
Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson
In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson
What do I believe As an American I believe in generosity, in liberty, in the rights of man. These are social and political faiths that are part of me, as they are, I suppose, part of all of us. Such beliefs are easy to express. But part of me too is my relation to all life, my religion. And this is not so easy to talk about. Religious experience is highly intimate and, for me, ready words are not at hand.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson
This American system of ours . . . call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you like, gives to each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.
Al Capone
My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way.
Al Capone
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