Famous quotes containing the words united states, united, states and/or relations:
“In the United States the whites speak well of the Blacks but think bad about them, whereas the Blacks talk bad and think bad about the whites. Whites fear Blacks, because they have a bad conscience, and Blacks hate whites because they need not have a bad conscience.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
“The real charm of the United States is that it is the only comic country ever heard of.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“On the whole, the great success of marriage in the States is due partly to the fact that no American man is ever idle, and partly to the fact that no American wife is considered responsible for the quality of her husband’s dinners.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“Our relations to each other are oblique and casual.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)