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“In the United States there is more space where nobody is is than where anybody is.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

“The real charm of the United States is that it is the only comic country ever heard of.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)

“The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

“In the United States, it is now possible for a person eighteen years of age, female as well as male, to graduate from high school, college, or university without ever having cared for, or even held, a baby; without ever having comforted or assisted another human being who really needed help. . . . No society can long sustain itself unless its members have learned the sensitivities, motivations, and skills involved in assisting and caring for other human beings.”
—Urie Bronfenbrenner (b. 1917)

“Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Canada are the horns, the head, the neck, the shins, and the hoof of the ox, and the United States are the ribs, the sirloin, the kidneys, and the rest of the body.”
—William Cobbett (1762–1835)