"[Americans] certainly are not great writers,
but they speak their country's language
and they make themselves heard."
by:
Alexis de Tocqueville
[Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clerel, le Comte de Tocqueville] (1805-1859) French historian
Source:
Democracy in America, 1835
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/toc_indx.html
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Quantity, not quality. ;-)
 -- E Archer, NYC     
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    Government no longer listens to the people. Officials do what they want, regardless of what the people want.
     -- Joe, Rochester, MI     
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    Wben an American is in a foreign country, does he attempt to speak that language? Of course not. He simply talks louder.
     -- Jack, Green, OH     
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