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America has to act. But, when America acts, other nations accuse us of being 'hegemonistic', of engaging in 'unilateralism', of behaving as if we're the only nation on earth that counts. We are.

Americans seem sometimes to believe that if you are a thinker you must be a frowning bore, because thinking is so damn serious.

I think of America not so much as a single country but as a constellation of groups out there competing for air time, energetically expressing themselves and luxuriating in their right to govern themselves. Freedom is that great vaunted word that's always applied to our country - and rightly so.

Our homeland is the whole world. Our law is liberty. We have but one thought, revolution in our hearts.

Something is wrong with America. I wonder sometimes what people are thinking about or if they're thinking at all.

There is no doubt that America is a superpower of the world and we cannot ignore them.

Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics.

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.

People don't question American power. What people need to be convinced of is American will.

A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that the real rogues in American politics would be the ones who dare to get along?