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The metaphor of the melting pot is unfortunate and misleading. A m

The metaphor of the melting pot is unfortunate and misleading. A more accurate analogy would be a salad bowl, for, though the salad is an entity, the lettuce can still be distinguished from the chicory, the tomatoes from the cabbage. – Carl N. Degler

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It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and, but for the few cemeteries I have seen, I am inclined to think they never die. – Margot Asquith

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America, America, God shed His grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea. – Katherine Lee Bates

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One characteristic of Americans is that they have no tolerance at all of anybody putting up with anything. We believe that whatever is going wrong ought to be fixed. – Margaret Mead

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In America, if you put your mind to it you can have anything you want. You just cant have everything you want. – Bernard Baruch

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