US Values Quotes

Hey, it’s the American way.

America's greatness has always been demonstrated by our moral leadership.

This is the thing that forever frustrated me about Obama: Not recognizing American exceptionalism. We are the beacon of freedom and liberty. If we don't stand for it, it isn't gonna survive anywhere else because it's never existed in the world like it does here.

Truth affirms freedom of speech. Putin is no friend of reli - freedom of speech. Putin is an enemy of freedom of religion. The U.S. celebrates freedom of religion. Putin is an enemy of the free press. The U.S. celebrates free press. Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places or ideas that are in conflict.

'Honor in the Dust' is less about the freedom of the Philippines than the soul of the United States.

The U. S. is the main repository of decency on this earth.

American foreign policy decision makers should be responsible for and accountable to Americans, not to "world opinion," or "the international community" …

I think they should let gays in the military because we are the United States of America. And if a gay person wants to serve his or her country, why should they not be allowed to?

[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places where our ideas are in conflict.

We need to aggressively take on radical Islamic terrorism but not at the expense of our American values.

I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way.

By the time President Obama took office, Guantanamo was viewed internationally as a symbol of a counterterrorism approach that flouted our laws and strayed from our values, undercutting the perceived legitimacy - and therefore the effectiveness - of our efforts.

The Americans' position is clear: we promote democracy.

The American way of life is not negotiable.

The United States has a responsibility to defend our values.

One of the reasons we set up this country, one of the things we celebrate in freedom and democracy of the United States is you can criticize your president. You can criticize the ways in which the country falls short of its values.

The United States is a giant island of freedom, achievement, wealth and prosperity in a world hostile to our values.

The ideals and the values of the United States inspired the entire world. I don't think any of us can say that our standing in the world now, the way children around the world look at the United States, is the same. And part of what we need to do is to send a message to the world that we are going to invest in issues like education, we are going to invest in issues that relate to how ordinary people are able to live out their dreams. And that is something that I'm going to be committed to as president of the United States.