God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich. – W. H. Auden

In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from. – Peter Alexander Ustinov

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

We cannot reform the world…. Uncle Sugar is as dangerous a role for us to play as Uncle Shylock. – John F. Kennedy