The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.

I think that in a piece like this the American spirit is strong, and it appeals to that. But it?s not a battle cry, and we don?t send anyone off to a foreign country.

The season is a celebration of the American spirit. When you are planning a season, there is always a certain atmosphere surrounding you. We were aware of this fervent patriotism, and we wanted to address that. But there are different approaches to patriotic music other than the Sousa marches. For instance, our first program will be 'New York, New York,' celebrating the spirit of that wonderful city.

We need some great failures. Especially we ever-successful Americans - conscious, intelligent, illuminating failures.

The typical American citizen is the business man. The typical business man is a bad citizen; he is busy. If he is a 'big business man' and very busy, he does not neglect; he is busy with politics, oh, very busy and very businesslike.