“America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.”
E. E. Cummings
“America is a mistake, a giant mistake.”
Sigmund Freud
“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.”
Winston Churchill
“An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.”
George Bernard Shaw
“America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.”
Oscar Wilde
“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
Thomas Jefferson
“America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.”
Alexis de Tocqueville