America is still a frontier country of wide open spaces. Our closeness to nature is one reason why our problem is not repression but regression; our notorious violence is the constant eruption of primi-tiveness, of anarchic individualism.

The American: a titan enamored of progress, a fanatical giant who worships "getting things done" but never asks himself what he is doing nor why he is doing it.

I loved the audacity of that American principle which says. When life gets tainted or goes stale, junk it! Leave it behind! Go West!

In America, a nation that believes it transcends history, each generation can be a world of its own.

If we ever pass out as a great nation we ought to put on our tombstone "America died from a delusion that she had moral leadership."

Self-help and self-control are the essence of the American tradition.

I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities-a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

America has a way of inventing tradition each morning and erasing the past by nightfall, and thehold of ancient custom is endangered by a thousand cicumstances.

It's complicated, being an American, Having the money and the bad conscience, both at the same time.

The patriots are those who love America enough to see her as a model to mankind.