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The United States is a big country but unfortunately it seems it has the brain of a little bird not befitting the greatness of the country.

"Iran's ex-president: U.S should show goodwill". Interview with Barbara Slavin, usatoday30.usatoday.com. February 6, 2005.

China is a much richer country than any part of Europe.

Adam Smith (1819). “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.262

The proprietor of stock is necessarily a citizen of the world, and is not necessarily attached to any particular country.

Adam Smith (1827). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.358

An allusion has been made to the Homestead Law. I think it worthy of consideration, and that the wild lands of the country should be distributed so that every man should have the means and opportunity of benefitting his condition.

Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, James Ford Rhodes, John Esten Cooke (2017). “CIVIL WAR – Complete History of the War, Documents, Memoirs & Biographies of the Lead Commanders: Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant & William T. Sherman, Biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis & Robert E. Lee, The Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, Presidential Orders & Actions”, p.568, Madison & Adams Press

One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended.

Abraham Lincoln, Terence Ball (2013). “Lincoln: Political Writings and Speeches”, p.121, Cambridge University Press