Famous quotes containing the words american and/or settlers:
“After all, the chief business of the American people is business.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)
“When old settlers say “One has to understand the country,” what they mean is, “You have to get used to our ideas about the native.” They are saying, in effect, “Learn our ideas, or otherwise get out; we don’t want you.””
—Doris Lessing (b. 1919)