„Not in spite of but because of our polyglot background, we have had all the strength in the world. That is the American way.“

— Ronald Reagan

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„If we Americans are to survive it will have to be because we choose and elect and defend to be first of all Americans; to present to the world one homogeneous and unbroken front, whether of white Americans or black ones or purple or blue or green.“
— William Faulkner
„All about us we see a world in revolt; but revolt is negative, a mere finishing-off process. In the midst of destruction we carry with us also our creation, our hopes, our strength, our urge to be fulfilled.“
— Henry Miller