"No man surely has so short a memory as the American."

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"This is due partly to the fact that Americans are much better fed than Europeans, and partly to the undeveloped resources of a new country, but more largely to our climate, which acts as a constant stimulus."

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"I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America."

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"I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen."

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"America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese."

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"Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated."

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"Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?"

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"The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf."

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"Dick Clark is an American icon. I am honored that he has entrusted me with such a role in this national tradition."

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"I'm an American before any party preference."

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"American future lies in the East. The great free markets of the Pacific Rim are the American destiny."

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"For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread."

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"You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a potato, just as you would do."

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"Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage."

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