Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've done it all, and yet we don't take credit for it.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- Ray Bradbury, (Aug 22 1920-2012), US science-fiction writer; He is best known for SF stories combining social criticism, e.g., Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles.