Some sense of religious mission is part of being American.

John Updike

Quoted in The New York Review of Books

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American character America

Speaker

John Updike

Source

The New York Review of Books

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Updike, John. Quoted in "God's Country" by Michael Wood. New York Book Review, 29 Feb. 1996.

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Emma Lazarus
Source
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Medium
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
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Lazarus, Emma. "The New Colossus." Statue of Liberty published catalog. c. 1883, I. 10.

Current Citation

Lazarus, Emma. "The New Colossus." Emma Lazarus: Selected Poems, edited by John Hollander. Library of America, 2005, I. 10.