America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London, no city which is at once the social center, the political capital, and the financial hub.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.
Urban America is like a foreign country in a sense.
America is a country that, even with all its flaws, has been able to flourish because there is a certain ideology about fighting for what you believe in. What you choose to believe in - no matter how small or big it is - is what you believe in, and that ideology has made America.
America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
America means far more than a continent bounded by two oceans. It is more than pride of military power, glory in war, or in victory. It means more than vast expanse of farms, of great factories or mines, magnificent cities, or millions of automobiles and radios.
America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.
Americans disagree about America because the most common consensus as to what America is or has ever been or ever was meant to be eludes us, and it eludes us because we want it to.
The United States exists as a sovereign nation. 'America,' in contrast, exists as a myth of democracy and equal opportunity to live by, or as an ideal goal to reach.
New York and Los Angeles are really one city, and the rest of the country is America.
America is my country and Paris is my hometown.