"Don't let anybody make you think that God chose America as his divine, messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world."
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"Every American wants MORE & MORE of the world and why not, you only live once. But the mistake made in America is persons accumulate more & more dead matter, machinery, possessions & rugs & fact information at the expense of what really counts as more: feeling, good feeling, sex feeling, tenderness feeling, mutual feeling. You own twice as much rug if you're twice as aware of the rug."
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"I always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac. We're all looking at the wrapping. But we won't tear the wrapping to see what lies beneath."
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"I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States. I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud. I'm not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although I am a woman, and I'm equally proud of that. I am not the candidate of any political bosses or fat cats or special interests... I am the candidate of the people..."
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"The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience."
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"America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes."
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"Racism was not a problem on the Discworld, because - what with trolls and dwarfs and so on - speciesism was more interesting. Black and white lived in perfect harmony and ganged up on green."
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"America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That's the nature of America, I think."
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"Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled to participate in the blessings of her luxuriant soil."
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"We have room but for one Language here and that is the English Language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans of American nationality and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding-house."
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"England and America are two countries separated by the same language."
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"We also think this is a reminder of the long tradition of bipartisan foreign policy that has been the hallmark of America at moments of greatest need, and that's the kind of spirit that we hope will be reflected in our administration."
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"America was born a Christian nation."
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"One thing that America is objectively exceptional at is overreacting whenever anyone accuses them of not being exceptional."
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"Islam has always been part of America"
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"Porches are America's lost rooms."
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"Only in america will you see people circling the parking lot looking for a close space at a gym."
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"The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion."
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"The transformation of part of the northern part of this continent into "America" inaugurated a nearly boundless epoch of opportunity and innovation, and thus deserves to be celebrated with great vim and gusto, with or without the participation of those who wish they had never been born."
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"America is a mistake, a giant mistake."
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