Cass Sunstein Quotes

I am an optimist about America.

I think Americans want to believe in this country again.

I believe in America. I believe in Americans.

I tend to be a great optimist when it comes to the United States and the American way of life, I think precisely because I wasn't born into it.

I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

The core of the American public, their hearts and their minds are in the right place. And that gives me hope.

I believe in America. I believe in her purpose and her promise. I believe her best days have not yet been lived. I believe her greatest deeds are reserved for the generations to come.

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

Vermonters often ask me whether I am pessimistic about the future of our country. My honest answer is that I am not.

We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed such a confluence of encouraging possibilities.

Even if it wasn't always morning in America during the years of his presidency, Reagan's eagerness to insist that it was tapped into a longing among voters. They didn't want to picture themselves turning down their thermostats and buttoning up their cardigans. They wanted to strut again. Reagan opened his arms and said, 'Walk this way.'

We have a great country, we are a great nation - let us trust in it.

I am convinced we shall succeed. I have faith in this country, because I have faith in its people.

I still believe in the possibility of the United States, with all its will and all its strength, and I don't just mean military, persevering against any challenge. I still believe in that.

Never lose your faith in the American Dream. She's a nation under God, and God has never let a good American down.

I'm optimistic about the country; I'm optimistic about the American people.

And this President wakes up every morning, looks out across America and is proud to announce, 'It could be worse.' It could be worse? Is that what it means to be an American? It could be worse? Of course not. What defines us as Americans is our unwavering conviction that we know it must be better.

There's nothing wrong in America that can't be fixed by what's right in America.

Hope in the future is deeply rooted in our national psyche. It is part of the soul of our nation.

We have to bring back that Reagan optimism.

I still believe that if we stand together with courage in our convictions and love for America, our best days are ahead of us.

I believe in America, and I still do.

These days I wonder more and more why people are pessimistic when American history actually supports optimism.

Part of what makes America strong is our resilience, tenacity, innovation and our willingness to be optimistic about our future. I know that President Obama is absolutely the best president to lead our country in the right direction.

While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied - and to some extent overshadowed - by elevated and inspiring ideas about the American future.