“The visual impact of a United States battleship springs from its ability to put Soviet ships on the bottom of the sea and to put devastating firepower ashore - nothing else.” WarStatesPeaceAbilityUnitedUnited StatesSeaSpringImpactBottomShipsVisualsSoviet Author:John Lehman
“No man ever saw the people of whom he forms a part. No man ever saw a government. I live in the midst of the Government of the United States, but I never saw the Government of the United States. Its personnel extends through all the nations, and across the seas, and into every corner of the world in the persons of the representatives of the United States in foreign capitals and in foreign centres of commerce.” PeopleMenWorldPersonsStatesGovernmentFormNationsUnitedUnited StatesSawsSeaCornersMidstRepresentativesCommerceCentrePersonnelCorners Of The World Book:Addresses, Messages and Speeches, 1897- Source: Addresses, Messages and Speeches, 1897-
“We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the turquoise seas of the tropics.” StatesBeautifulUnitedUnited StatesSeaFieldsPlanetsLakesPurpleTropicsTurquoise Author:Dan Aykroyd
“Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World War II, dominance had shifted decisively into the hands of the upstart across the sea, the United States, by far the most powerful and wealthy society in world history.” WorldWellsWarEndsStatesHandsUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesSeaCenturyPositionDespiteWar Of The WorldsBritainMost PowerfulWealthySteadyWorld War IiDeclineWorld War IDominant20th CenturyWorld HistoryDominanceWorld PowerUpstart Author:Noam Chomsky