Quotes about America

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

The god most Americans say they believe in is just not interesting enough to deny. Thus the only kind of atheism that counts in America is to call into question the proposition that everyone has a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?

I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!

What is going on in America today is not just a political contest; it is a spiritual contest.

I worry about a culture that devalues life and believe as your president I have an important obligation to foster and encourage respect for life in America and throughout the world.

I think it is a worthy goal in America to have every child protected by law and welcomed in life. I also think we ought to continue to have good adoption law as an alternative to abortion.

Life in America shows that liberty, paired with law, is not to be feared.

America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.

People don't expect government to solve all their problems. But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a slight change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, and that the doors of opportunity remain open to all. They know we can do better.

I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them.

When the happy era shall arrive for the emancipation of nations, hastened on as it will be by the example of America, shall they not resort to the Declaration of our Independence as the charter of their rights, and will not its author be hailed as the benefactor of the redeemed?