“Ignorance and bloodlust have a long tradition in the United States, especially in the red states.” LongStatesUnitedUnited StatesIgnoranceRedTraditionBloodlust Author:Jane Smiley
“The United Nations is useless...and also harmful. It is a land that flowers demagoguery with a bunch of newborn countries, devoid of any tradition.” CountryNationsUnitedLandFlowerTraditionBunchUselessUnited NationsNewbornDemagoguery Author:Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
“There are no conservatives in the United States. The United States does not have a conservative tradition. The people who call themselves conservatives, like the Heritage Foundation or Gingrich, are believers in -- are radical statists. They believe in a powerful state, but a welfare state for the rich.” PeopleBelieveDoeStatesUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesRichTraditionFoundationConservativeBelieverRadicalWelfareHeritageWelfare State Author:Noam Chomsky
“This old aristocracy and Church-ridden, and tradition-ridden country will never grow wiser. Whilst we are fighting for supremacy in Europe, the [United] States are working, and not fighting for it, but winning it all over the world.” WorldCountryStatesFightingWinningGrowsChurchUnitedUnited StatesEuropeTraditionWiserAristocracySupremacy Author:John Bright