“Environmentalists are a self-centered bunch of waffle-stomping, Harvard-graduating, intellectual idiots who are not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans.”

“Americans are an odd bunch, but they grow on you.”

“Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.”

“This song is called American Idiot! It's about me.”

“We are the real Americans. Everett Moran, standing brave and resolute in the face of bigotry, is a real American. George Soros, devoting his life and his fortune to serving those less fortunate than he is, is a real American. The citizens of California who have donated their own money to support stem cell research, to compensate for the cowardice of our Taliban government, are real Americans. The rest of them? The ones that destroy the Constitution in service to their narrow-minded and zealously self-centered agendas? Those pinheads sure as hell aren't Americans. Secession. That's what we need.”

“I have defined the 100 per cent American as 99 per cent an idiot.”

“I have defined the hundred per cent American as ninety-nine per cent an idiot.”

“Parties do not maintain themselves. They are maintained by effort. The government is not self-existent. It is maintained by the effort of those who believe in it. The people of America believe in American institutions, the American form of government and the American method of transacting business.”

“If Selma taught us anything, it’s that our work is never done. The American experiment in self-government gives work and purpose to each generation.”

“I think that New York is not the cultural center of America, but the business and administrative center of American culture.”