It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations are in a conspiracy to under-value them

The American people, taken one with another, constitute the most timorous, sniveling, poltroonish, ignominious mob of serfs and goose-steppers ever gathered under one flag in Christendom since the end of the middle ages

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them

Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, Tabasco sauce, cayenne pepper, or any other condiment which destroys the original flavor of the dish

There's one good kind of writer - a dead one.