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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.
What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and read more
What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them
America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence read more
America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live.
America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be read more
America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the read more
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
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.
What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others.
What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others.
The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, read more
The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.
Americans have more food to eat than any other people and more diets to keep them from eating it
Americans have more food to eat than any other people and more diets to keep them from eating it