The United States is just now the oldest country
in the world, there always is an oldest country
and she is it, it is she who is the mother of
the twentieth century civilization. She began to
feel herself as it just after the Civil War. And
so it is a country the right age to have been
born in and the wrong age to live in.
-- Gertrude Stein
1874-1946,
American Author
This monster of a land, this mightiest of
nations, this spawn of the future, turns out to
be the macrocosm of microcosm me.
-- John Steinbeck
1902-1968,
American Author
The biggest difference between ancient Rome and
the USA is that in Rome the common man was
treated like a dog. In America he sets the tone.
This is the first country where the common man
could stand erect.
-- I. F. Stone
1907-1989,
American Author
Europe was created by history. America was
created by philosophy.
-- Margaret
Thatcher
1925-, British
Stateswoman, Prime Minister (1979-90)
