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USA: The U.S. passed from barbarism to decadence, without having passed through civilization. (Unknown Source)
USA: The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country -- and we haven't seen them since. (Gore Vidal, U.S. writer and political pundit, 1925-2012)
USA: You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else. (Winston Churchill, British politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874-1965)
USA: The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. (Alexis de Tocqueville, French diplomat, political scientist, and historian, 1805-1809)
USA: America is . . . the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and reforming! The Real American has not yet arrived . . . I tell you - he will be the fusion of all races, the common superman. (Israel Zangwill, British author at the forefront of cultural Zionism during the 19th century, 1864-1926)
USA: Washington D.C. is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations. (John Kenneth Galbraith, U.S. Canadian-born economist, public official, diplomat, and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism, 1908-2006)
USA: The U.S.'s national flower is the concrete cloverleaf. (Lewis Mumford, U.S. historian, literary critic, sociologist, and philosopher of technology, noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, 1895-1990)
USA: America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up. (Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900)
USA: Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his son the hardships that made him rich. (Robert Frost, U.S. poet who received four Pulitzer prizes and was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his poetic works, 1874-1963)
USA: You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned 70, or given up all hope of the Presidency. (Wendell Phillips, U.S. abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, and attorney, 1811-1884)
USA: America - the best poor man's country in the world. (William Allen White, newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement, 1868-1944)