Civic virtue Quote by Sarah Vowell

“advancing your careers in some way?” A minute ago he loved America and Americans.”

— Arianne Richmonde

“There are even more galvanizing aspects to the Canadian psyche than mere reticence. There is the collective fear, at least when I was growing…

— David Rakoff

“After twenty years in Canada, there are certain American lunatics who still fascinate me.”

— John Irving

“I venture to guess that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”

— Adlai E. Steveson

“Americans, though apparently impressed by ghastly sentimentality and outrageous hypocrisy, are by nature much more politically cynical than Canadians. In their longer history they…

— Gordon Donaldson

“I may not be the greatest American, but I am a better American than all the people born in Canada that still live in…

— Jarod Kintz

“I've got everything ready to go," I said once he was finally awake and dressed. All the tenderness and vulnerability was gone from his…

— Tammy Blackwell

“I venture to suggest that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”

— Adlai E. Stevenson

“To imagine Canada as a citizen requires that you enter into he mind of someone who does not believe what you believe or share…

— Michael Ignatieff

“Toward the end of his presidency, he gave one of his most famous speeches, diagnosing a crisis of confidence in the country and attacking…

— E.F. Schumacher

“We were all patriotic, but I can’t even conceive of what else we would’ve been, because our entire experience was domestic, interior, American. We”

— Suzy Hansen

“No wonder the only Canadians anyone's ever heard of are the ones who have gotten the hell out. Anyone with talent who stayed would…

— Maria Semple