This young man-whether he's my son or a stranger-repeatedly declares, "I didn't do it, I didn't do it." And he's shot down. That's not the American way of life. A man is innocent until he's proved guilty

As you begin your tour of the United States, you may as well know that one American national trait which irritates many Americans and must be convenient for our critics is that we relentlessly advertise our imperfections

America was discovered by Amerigo Vespucci and was named after him, until people got tired of living in a place called Vespuccia and changed its name to America

Very little is known about the War of 1812 because the Americans lost it

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being, the American wants to be considered a good guy

Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social justice and of equal opportunity

The founding document of the United States of America acknowledges the Lordship of Jesus Christ because we are a Christian nation

When the war closed we were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system of rugged individualism and a European philosophy of diametrically opposed doctrines - doctrines of paternalism and state socialism

Utility is our national shibboleth the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother, statistics

He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber