Anyone who assumes that this country is standing still is not a good American, or rather, he is an apathetic and dead one and makes no contribution to the society.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
This self-congratulatory notion Americans have that their country is Number One is borne of ignorance and bad manners.
I have always thought that being a good American is appreciating the world, not just your own country.
How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.
The ordinary American is the opposite of a cynic. He is on the average more of a believer and a defender of the faith in humanity than the rest of the Occidentals. It is a relatively important matter to him to be true to his own ideals and to carry them out in actual life.
From my father's point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for those who are given no real voice in the halls of justice or the halls of government.
This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful.
The average American is nothing if not patriotic.
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.
Few American presidents are held in higher esteem than Thomas Jefferson. Though historians have scrutinized every phase of his long public career and found him wanting in a number of respects, he holds an unshakable place in the pantheon of American heroes.
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