“I belong to Russian literature, but I am an American citizen, and I th...” — Joseph Brodsky Quote

“I belong to Russian literature, but I am an American citizen, and I think it's the best possible combination.”

“Who included me among the ranks of the human race?”

“One who writes a poem writes it because the language prompts, or simply dictates, the next line.”

“Mitt Romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to end the debacle of putting the world's greatest care system in the hands of federal bureaucrats and putting those bureaucrats between an American citizen and her doctor.”

“I have one identity, and that's Israeli and Jewish. I don't view myself as an American citizen.”

“I'm first and foremost an Irishman, by birth, by nature, by soul, but an American citizen through and through as well.”