Quote by G.K. Chesterton
There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. Th

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong. – G.K. Chesterton

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There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great. – G.K. Chesterton

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There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read. – G.K. Chesterton

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America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. – Arnold Toynbee

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America, for me, has been the pursuit and catching of happiness. – Aurora Raigne

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Our society distributes itself into Barbarians, Philistines and Populace; and America is just ourselves with the Barbarians quite left out, and the Populace nearly. – Matthew Arnold

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In the United States today, we have more than our share of nattering nabobs of negativism. – Spiro T. Agnew

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