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The American Way Of Life

The concept, the ethic and the act of concern for the welfare of one's fellow beings is, as we all know, a very deep part of the Hebraic tradition. It is a foundation stone of the Judeo-Christian ethic. It is also a particularly American quality.
Elliot L. Richardson; as quoted in Reader's Digest

Americans think of themselves collectively as a huge rescue squad on twenty-four-hour call to any spot on the globe where dispute and conflict may erupt.
Eldridge Cleaver; Soul on Ice

My late father was one of the handful of Americans who could sing "The Star Spangled Banner"' without bruising the ears of those around him.
A long time ago, I went to a baseball game with him when they played the national anthem.
He stood, placed his hand over his heart, and sang a spirited rendition that rose above the relative quiet of the rest of the crowd.
When we sat down, I said "Daddy, it embarrasses me when you sing the national anthem that loud.'"
"Son," he replied, "it embarrasses me when you don't."
Lewis Grizzard

America has been called a melting pot, but it seems better to call it a mosaic, for in it each nation, people or race which has come to its shores has been privileged to keep its individuality, contributing at the same time its share to the unified pattern of a new nation.
King Baudouin I of Belgium; as quoted in Reader's Digest

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