English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did.
Source: Stepping Westward, bk. 2, ch. 5, 1965.
-- Malcolm Bradbury, (Sep 7 1932-2000), English novelist; His novels reflect changes in university life in past 30 years; Eating People is Wrong, 1959 and The History of Man, 1975.