Americans are apt to be unduly interested in
discovering what average opinion believes
average opinion to be...
-- John Maynard
Keynes
1883-1946,
British Economist
I
can never suppose this country so far lost to
all ideas of self-importance as to be willing to
grant America independence; if that could ever
be adopted I shall despair of this country being
ever preserved from a state of inferiority and
consequently falling into a very low class among
the European States.
-- King George
III
1738-1820, King
of Great Britain and Ireland (1760--1820)
Knavery seems to be so much a the striking
feature of its inhabitants that it may not in
the end be an evil that they will become aliens
to this kingdom.
-- King George
III
1738-1820, King
of Great Britain and Ireland (1760--1820)
America is not a democracy, it's an absolute
monarchy ruled by King Kid. In a nation of
immigrants, the child is automatically more of
an American than his parents. Americans regard
children as what Mr. Hudson in ''Upstairs,
Downstairs'' called ''betters.'' Aping their
betters, American adults do their best to turn
themselves into children. Puerility exercises
droit de seigneur everywhere.
-- Florence King
1936-, American
Author, Critic
