"American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it."
Henry Adams
Delivered: December 12, 2020
"I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture."
Idris Elba
Delivered: December 3, 2020
"I think Canadians are more interested in international events than Americans because it is such a small country, so politics affect it more."
Jordan Peterson
Delivered: December 4, 2020
"The penalty for getting mugged in an American city and losing your ID is that you can't fly home."
Christopher Hitchens
Delivered: December 10, 2020
"I was an American citizen, and I had as many rights as anyone else."
Fred Korematsu
Delivered: December 16, 2020
"One of the great themes in American literature is the individual's confrontation with the vast open spaces of the continent."
Justin Cronin
Delivered: December 18, 2020
"The Army has carried the American ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability."
Tom Lehrer
Delivered: December 29, 2020
"The perpetuation of slavery, the exile and extermination of American Indians, and the passage of Jim Crow laws weren't carried out at the bidding of a few malefactors of great wealth."
P. J. O'Rourke
Delivered: December 9, 2020
"In Afghanistan, Biden's woke generals tucked their tail and ran. He dishonored the sacrifices made by every American soldier who fought in the 20-year war, especially those who gave their life for the cause."
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Delivered: December 15, 2020
"If our nation is to rebuild opportunity for future generations, it will require our elected leaders to realize that their responsibility lies not with their political party, but rather with the American people that they have been chosen to represent."
Ami Bera
Delivered: December 23, 2020
"Mental illness and gun violence are not directly correlated, but when the two go hand in hand, Americans - often children - lose their lives."
Emma Gonzalez
Delivered: December 5, 2020
"The Latino population has become such a presence. We are part of the American tapestry in a very profound way, in every area you can think of, and are very significant in popular culture."
Jimmy Smits
Delivered: December 19, 2020
"I am delighted to be joining 'Guardian U.S.'s team as a weekly columnist, and to have the chance to address American and global current events on its distinguished platform. 'Guardian U.S.' brings the 'Guardian's hard-hitting investigative brand to a new focus on American news and opinion."
Naomi Wolf
Delivered: December 21, 2020
"I went to Ethiopia, and it dawned on me that you can tell a starving, malnourished person because they've got a bloated belly and a bald head. And I realized that if you come through any American airport and see businessmen running through with bloated bellies and bald heads, that's malnutrition, too."
Dick Gregory
Delivered: December 28, 2020
"Preserving parks and open spaces is a winner because it doesn't need to be explained to everyday Americans."
Frank Luntz
Delivered: December 6, 2020
"I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Delivered: December 27, 2020
"As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long."
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Delivered: December 8, 2020
"We are Americans when we go to war, and when we return, we are Mexicans."
Dennis Chavez
Delivered: December 22, 2020
"The white people should go back to Europe, and the country should be returned to the American Indians. This is the future I would like to see for the so-called United States."
Bobby Fischer
Delivered: December 24, 2020
"There's definitely evidence that capitalism at its most ruthless rewards psychopathic behavior. When you look at the worst corners of the American health insurance industry or the sub-prime banking market, it really feels like the more psychopathically someone behaves, the more it's rewarded."
Jon Ronson
Delivered: December 26, 2020
"Most Americans don't think about antitrust law when they look at their cable bill, flip channels on TV, or worry about what their favorite website knows about them. But they should."
Al Franken
Delivered: December 13, 2020
"I was a banker in Morocco when I first saw 'American Graffiti.' It was before I was an actor, a melancholy time in my life, and this mood was reflected in the film."
Jean Reno
Delivered: December 25, 2020
"I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
Morgan Freeman
Delivered: December 30, 2020
"Healthcare is a human right. No one should face bankruptcy or death because of lack of healthcare. All Americans - regardless of their health or residential status - should be able to access the healthcare they need, whenever they need it."
Deb Haaland
Delivered: December 31, 2020
"We must continue to ensure that the legacy of the Greatest Generation is preserved and protected so that all Americans can work to embody the ideals and values of those that came before them."
Elise Stefanik
Delivered: December 17, 2020
"The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and Europe and among the Latin American countries themselves through the Latins I met there."
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Delivered: January 1, 2021
"I hate Nassau and the Bahamas. It's one of those places I'd always wanted to visit since reading Ian Fleming but it was full of casinos with Americans in shorts."
Tony Parsons
Delivered: December 20, 2020
"I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema."
Quentin Tarantino
Delivered: December 2, 2020
"I've been friends with Elizabeth Banks since 'Wet Hot American Summer.'"
Paul Rudd
Delivered: December 7, 2020
"I rebel at the notion that I can't be part of other groups, that I can't construct identities through elective affinity, that race must be the most important thing about me. Is that what I want on my gravestone: Here lies an African American?"
Henry Louis Gates
Delivered: December 11, 2020
"My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years."
Nipsey Hussle
Delivered: December 14, 2020