When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.
The American white relegates the black to the rank of shoeshine boy; and he concludes from this that the black is good for nothing but shining shoes.
I myself am mixed race - my mother is Korean, and my father is an American Jew - so I've always felt other.
The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.
We just sent our condolences to the President of the United States and the American people on what is a terrible, terrible tragedy.
Let it be immediately added, however, that this economic independence and prosperity has always been absolutely associated in the American mind with free political institutions.
When Jefferson and the Republicans rallied to the Union and to the existing Federalist organization, the fabric of traditional American democracy was almost completely woven.
Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media can't be counted upon to provide it.
Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States.
Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy their own particular needs.
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
Leadership cannot be created synthetically. Men must be what they were made by the Almighty or the American people will find them out in time.
America deserves common sense immigration reform that reflects our interests and our values as Americans.
Chinese buildings are like American buildings, with big footprints. People don't care about daylight or fresh air.
It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.
I have done film, television and theatre - all at a pretty substantial level - I don't think it's possible for American actors to do that.
I was a beginner again. I practiced hard and used to listen very closely to recordings of American jazz drummers such as Tony Williams and Kenny Clarke.
There are thousands of capable Americans who would pursue a degree in nursing if we had room in our schools for them.
A large majority of Americans believe that corporations exert too much influence on our daily lives and our political process.
The game is just, everybody talks about baseball, but I really think football probably has a little bit more American feeling than anything.
Americans have an expectation that the Postal Service will abide by its well-known, although unofficial, motto - a commitment to deliver.
