America, thou half-brother of the world;
With something good and bad of every land.

Philip James Bailey

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America

Speaker

Festus

Author

Philip James Bailey

Source

Festus

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bailey, Philip James. Festus. 1845.

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The love of wealth is therefore to be traced, as either a principal or accessory motive, at the bottom of all that the Americans do; this gives to all their passions a sort of family likeness.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America

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Topic
Love of money American character America

Author

Alexis de Tocqueville
Source
Democracy in America
Genre
Political literature
Language
French
Time
1840 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Volume 2. 1840, pt. 3, ch. 17.

Current Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis. "That the aspect of society in the United States is at once excited and monotonous." Democracy in America. Translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam, 2000, vol. 2, pt. 3, ch. 17.

Another quote about America

O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free.

Langston Hughes

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American ideals America

Author

Langston Hughes
Source
Let America Be America Again
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hughes, Langston. "Let America Be America Again." Esquire Magazine, July 1936.

Current Citation

Hughes, Langston. "Let America Be America Again." Langston Hughes. Edited by David Roessel. Everyman's Library, 1999.