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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.
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.
Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has read more
Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages
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.
I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'
I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.
My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do read more
My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man