Source: The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century (2009), pp. 224–225
Context: In the United States, minority populations were never an indigestible mass—with the major exceptions of the one ethnic group that did not come here voluntarily (African Americans) and those who were here when Europeans arrived (American Indians). The rest all came, clustered and dispersed, and added new cultural layers to the general society. This has always been the strength of the United States. In much of Europe, for example, Muslims have retained religious and national identities distinct from the general population, and the general population has given them little encouragement to blend. The strength of their own culture has therefore been overwhelming.
“The yeoman farmers of the United States have always been the strength of the republic.”
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902) British politician and historian
The North British Review (April 1870), p. 268, quoted in G. E. Fasnacht, Acton's Political Philosophy. An Analysis (1952), p. 217
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician
Interview for The Times (31 May 1984) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/105505 <br class="br">Second term as Prime Minister
John Muir (1838–1914) Scottish-born American naturalist and author
Source: 1900s, Our National Parks (1901), chapter 10: The American Forests
Ibram X. Kendi (1982) American author and historian
On the American working class in “Ibram X Kendi on why not being racist is not enough” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/14/ibram-x-kendi-on-why-not-being-racist-is-not-enough in The Guardian (2019 Aug 14)
“Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.”
Robert Orben (1928) American magician and writer
Manly Daily staff (August 5, 2008) "They Said What?", Manly Daily, p. 8.
Attributed
“The United States has never entered a serious war, and has never been victorious.”
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956) 6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
September 21, 2010 interview http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/09/ahmadinejad-when-a-war-starts-it-knows-no-limits/63312/ <br class="br">2010
“Science has been the absolute bedrock of technological and economic progress in the United States.”
Lewis M. Branscomb (1926) physicist and science policy advisor
Branscomb (2012) in: " Scientist Lewis M. Branscomb Gives $1 Million Gift to Found New Center for Science and Democracy at UCS http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/scientist-lewis-branscomb-center-science-democracy-ucs-1385.html" at ucsusa.org/news, April 30, 2012
