The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step, and then along came the Lovin' Spoonful and everybody else.
A lot of things I am, and a lot of things I am not. But I think I'm about as good an American as there is. I love this country. It's been very, very good to me. And it will be good to anybody if they are willing to give of themselves.
The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!
I think some parts of the American justice system have gone haywire.
I think that in a year I may retire. I cannot take my money with me when I die and I wish to enjoy it, with my family, while I live. I should prefer living in Germany to any other country, though I am an American, and am loyal to my country.
Seems like the only kind of job an American can get these days is committing suicide in some way.
I started out as an opportunistic renegade. By now, I've lasted long enough to become sort of an American Original Respectable Renegade.
The American empire is hovering between life and death.
I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U. S. government will lead the American people in - and the West in general - into an unbearable hell and a choking life.
Unity and resistance is a strong American trait.
[The American position at the UN is] essentially impotent, without influence, heavily outvoted, and isolated.
The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions
The American people need no course in philosophy or political science or church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman.
The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency.
I was just trying to fit in to the stereotype American dream, exactly what my parents and everyone expected of me, i met someone who's -- who's awesome, you know, we got along good.
It was helpful to have the American troops there in great strength. They knew there'd be consequences if they didn't move back. Now, there has been some removal of the foreign forces.
Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very, very few of those we call Native American writers actually grew up on reservations, and yet most of their work is about reservations.
How much more money do we have to waste, how many more families have to be destroyed, how many more people have to be killed before you summon the courage to tell the truth to the American people?
What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics.
American Stance: Everything not forbidden is permitted. Prussian Stance: Everything not permitted is forbidden.