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America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is, that read more
If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is, that we should have nothing to do with conquest
We [Americans] are the lavishest and showiest and most luxury-loving people on the earth; and at our masthead we fly read more
We [Americans] are the lavishest and showiest and most luxury-loving people on the earth; and at our masthead we fly one true and honest symbol, the gaudiest flag the world has ever seen.
Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and read more
Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.
America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. read more
America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.
American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat read more
American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it.
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count read more
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it
We can have no "50-50" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he read more
We can have no "50-50" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.
There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens can not read more
There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens can not cure.