“I was born an American, I live like an American, I will die an American.”
“I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American!”
Speech (July 17, 1850); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), p. 437
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“the greatest Americans
have not been born yet
they are waiting patiently
for the past to die”
Interview for the Broadway Newsreel https://beladraculalugosi.wordpress.com/1939-3/ (April 5, 1939)
Source: In full: Al-Qaeda statement http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1590350.stm (10th October, 2001)
On his deathbed (March 08, 1855).
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“While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.”
“When good Americans die, they go to Paris"
"Where do bad Americans go?"
"They stay in America”
Act I.
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Context: Mrs. Allonby: They say, Lady Hunstanton, that when good Americans die they go to Paris.
Lady Hunstanton: Indeed? And when bad Americans die, where do they go to?
Lord Illingworth: Oh, they go to America.
American Soldier.
Song lyrics, Shock'n Y'all (2003)