Famous quotes containing the words true and/or american:
“Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)
“The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)