"There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country reall…"

"The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experien…"

"When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every int…"

"Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody."

"Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead centre of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up g…"

"For we Americans, though we are the most restless race in the world, with the possible exception of the Bedouins, alm…"

"Chicago is stupefying. It knows no rules, and I know none by which to judge it. It stands apart from all the cities i…"

"Kansas used to believe in Populism and free silver. It now believes in hot summers and a hot hereafter."

"It was a Native Son who, when asked by an Englishman, visiting the United States for the first time, to name the Seve…"

"In 2012, the Chinese sociologist Sūn Lìpíng (b. 1955) suggested the PRC [People's Republic of China] faced four possi…"