Best quotes by Pete Hamill on American

Checkout quotes by Pete Hamill on American

• ‟ The most powerful force in American politics is not anger, it's nostalgia.

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• ‟ Everybody who went to Vietnam carries his or her own version of the war. Only 10 percent engaged in combat; the American elephant, pursuing the Vietnamese grasshopper, was extraordinarily heavy with logistical support.

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• ‟ It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major war of this century.

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• ‟ The Mafia exists in the American imagination because we want it to exist.

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• ‟ If you're the oldest in a large family, you tend to do everything yourself, particularly if you are the first American. You begin a habit or pattern that makes it easy to reject other help.

  - Pete Hamill