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Quotations regarding 'Americans'

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There is a gulf between the high value Americans put on life in theory and its cheapness in practice.
Elizabeth Joan Smith, Canadian Politician (1928-  )
There are all kinds of letters and protests that come from, not surprisingly, Japanese fishermen, the fishermen's wives; there are student groups, all different types of people; the protest against the Americans' use of the Pacific for nuclear testing.
Martha Smith, American Actress (1953-  )
If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their attitude towards the City, as they call it - London, the people of the south.
Martin C. Smith, -
Americans love our shoes and us Brits love that we can always pick up a bargain when in the US.
Lisa Snowdon, English Model (1974-  )
If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.
Vic Snyder, American Politician (1947-  )
Most Americans aren't the sort of citizens the Founding Fathers expected; they are contented serfs. Far from being active critics of government, they assume that its might makes it right.
Joseph Sobran, American Activist (1946-  )
With the help of dedicated Americans from our party, every party, and no party at all, I intend to mount that stairway to preach peace for our nation and world.
Theodore C. Sorensen, American Lawyer (1928-  )
Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken by illegal aliens.
Thomas Sowell, American Economist (1930-  )
We need to build on the success of Social Security by developing bold and innovative ways for Americans to build wealth and save for retirement. I believe we can work together in a bipartisan manner to accomplish these goals.
Debbie Stabenow, American Politician (1950-  )
We want to develop innovative ways to promote savings so more Americans can save for their future, but first we need to reject privatization schemes and work together to strengthen Social Security.
Debbie Stabenow, American Politician (1950-  )
The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America.
Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer (1841-1904)
Since 1994, unemployment rates are lower. Median household income is higher. A greater percentage of Americans are graduating from college. Home ownership rates are higher. And the violent crime rate has decreased.
Cliff Stearns, American Politician (1941-  )
Television has made places look alike, and it has transformed the way we see. A whole generation of Americans, maybe two, has grown up looking at the world through a lens.
Ronald Steel, -
Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the foreigner, who deals with them, they are so friendly how can they be so suspicious they are so suspicious how can they be so friendly but they just are.
Gertrude Stein, American Author (1874-1946)
Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em.
Casey Stengel, American Athlete (1890-1975)
What we have, however, is an issue that has tremendous impact here at home, and we believe that Americans are starting to feel vulnerable, not just from what is going on around the world but right here in the United States.
Ted Stevens, American Politician (1923-  )
Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.
Wallace Stevens, American Poet (1879-1955)
Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.
Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician (1900-1965)
I would like to have you quote me, Erich von Stroheim, as having said on this day of this month of this year this one thing: you Americans are living on baby food.
Erich von Stroheim, Austrian Actor (1885-1957)
In point of fact all Americans are automatically turned down by China these days because of the escalation of Johnson's war in Vietnam, which several times has intruded into China.
Anna Louise Strong, American Journalist (1885-1970)
 
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