The South is the land of the sustained sibilant. Everywhere, for the appreciative visitor, the letter "s" insinuates itself in the scene: in the sound of sea and sand, in the singing shell, in the heat of sun and sky, in the sultriness of the gentle hours, in the siesta, in the stir of birds and insects.

It is possible to believe in progress as a fact without believing in progress as an ethical principle; but in the catechism of many Americans, the one goes with the other.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever.

The youth of America is their oldest tradition.

America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal-to discover and maintain liberty among men.

Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people.

We [Americans] have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.