“One cannot be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America and then work.”
“When good Americans die, they go to Paris'.'Where do bad Americans go?''They stay in America'.”
“Whenever people in that part of the world asked Patterson about the wonders of America, the possibilities and the hope of America, Patterson would say that it was a good and fine place but all the Americans were running it into the ground and that it would be a far better place if it had no Americans.”
“Only Americans can hurt America.”
“The destiny of the colored American ... is the destiny of America.”
“Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.”