PENSEES I
THOUGHTS
Were it not for daunting oceans on both sides, the United States could have been, at least until the 21st century, a trophy for conquering nations.
Such is the genius of a true prophet that ideas that are both limited and limiting can influence an unlimited number of people.
Most artists flaunting one or another currently fashionable identity tag have a short career, once that tag becomes less favored.
To win the allegiance of immigrants with ties to other countries, the United States had to persuade them to stay here and be Americans first; for, otherwise, the United States would not have survived.
Americans are disunited people imprisoned between two daunting oceans on both sides, an ice box to the north, and an inferno to its south.
More prominent American cultural professionals were born abroad around 1910 than in any generation before or since.
In a free society, wealthier people depend upon lawyers skilled at manipulating for their clients’ individual advantage those rules that were meant for everyone.