“Unfortunately there are still people in other areas who regard New York City not as part of the United States, but as a sort of excrescence fastened to our Eastern shore and peopled by the less venturesome waves of foreigners who failed to go West to the genuine American frontier.” PeopleStillsStatesUnitedCitiesUnited StatesNew YorkAreasRegardWestWaveGenuineShoreNew York CityEasternFrontiersForeigners Book:Working for the People: Promise and Performance in Public Service Source: Working for the People: Promise and Performance in Public Service
“The remaining revenue on the consumption of foreign luxuries to domestic comforts, being collected on our seaboard and frontiers only, and incorporated with the transactions of our mercantile citizens, it may be the pleasure and the pride of an American to ask, What farmer, what merchant, what laborer ever sees a tax gatherer of the United States?” MayStatesAsksPleasureUnitedUnited StatesPrideCitizensComfortTaxesLuxuryFarmersConsumptionRevenueFrontiersMerchantsTransactionsLaborers Author:Thomas Jefferson
“I'm very optimistic because I think that the real strength of a nation like the United States comes from blending cultures. There's no way that you can close the frontiers anywhere. The borders are there to be violated permanently.” ThinkingWayRealStatesCultureNationsUnitedUnited StatesOptimisticBordersFrontiersReal Strength Book:Conversations with Isabel Allende Source: Conversations with Isabel Allende