The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.
James Fenimore Cooper
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America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies.
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It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.
- James Fenimore Cooper