We, in America, love a story – we need a story to get involved in. But then everything becomes more about how the story protects a certain perception as we pick sides.
To me, America is a symbol of all different views, different types of people coming together.
There were no second acts in American lives.
The continued lynchings and other crimes against negroes, whether in New England or the South, and unspeakable political exponents of white supremacy, according to all recorded history, augur ill for America’s future.
It is likely that America will be more important during the next century or two, but after that it may well be the turn of China.
Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honoured by posterity because he was the last to discover America.
America is a Model of force and freedom and moderation – with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.