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America is a fundamentally good country. We have good people with good values who want to do the right thing. But the structures of power that exist are working to their own ends to extend their capability at the expense of the freedom of all publics.

On one side, citizens have great respect for the United States; they have a great feeling of friendship. That is solid. But in the opposition and in the political arena I often find criticism of the closeness of relations with the United States. That is a reality.

I know people don't like America very much, but the one thing it's very good on is local government.

Contrast the United States with any country on the face of the earth today and ask yourself whether the situation of the United States is not the best to be found.

That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.

Very little of what America does is actually bad, and I don't think it ever does anything anywhere that is intentionally bad. I mean, sometimes we make mistakes and bad judgments and kind of back the wrong regimes and things, but by and large what America does is really good.

The United States is a giant island of freedom, achievement, wealth and prosperity in a world hostile to our values.

For me, the country where I feel good, where I feel in harmony with the lifestyle and fundamental values, is the United States - more than any other country.

The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for the security, welfare, and happiness of all who live under its protection.