Unquestionably, there is progress...

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.

--H. L. Mencken

Too many of us look upon Americans...

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.

--Albert Einstein

America is the country where...

America is the country where you buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for one dollar, and use it up in two weeks.

--Anonymous

A wise man is cured of ambition...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

--Samuel Johnson