Famous quotes containing the words true and/or american:
“The true shepherd of his flock, the majesty of whose spiritual authority awed even the unscrupulous enemy.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“The American mood, perhaps even the American character, has changed. There are few manifestations any longer of the old American self-assurance which so irritated Dickens.... Instead, there is a sense of frustration so perceptible that even our politicians ... have attempted to exploit it.”
—Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)