The United States is the ultimate land of optimistic promise, but it also gave birth to quintessentially pessimistic tragedy: 'Moby-Dick.'

The tragedy suffered by the United States is a tragedy to every democratic nation.

We have all been saddened by the tragedy still unfolding in the United States,

I'm reasonably optimistic about the future, especially the future of the United States - for the century, at least.

It'd be interesting to see if in fact the United States really is closing in on him. I wouldn't be surprised. It looks to me like some of the cells surrounding him and protecting him may be breaking down.

Had it not been for the Atlantic Ocean and the virgin wilderness, the United States would never have been the Land of Promise.