Natives

"Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of theirs."

- Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography

Money

"The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money."

- Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography

Right on the spot

"Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."

 - Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography

What the...

"Any growing interest in soccer can only be a sign of the nation's moral decay." 

- Ann Coulter: Americas favorite national pastime: hating soccer

Illusion

"In a country such as China the limitations of freedom are clear to everyone, with no illusions about it. In the US, however, formal freedoms are guaranteed, so that most individuals experience their lives as free and are not even aware of the extent to which they are controlled by state mechanisms."

- Slavoj Zizek: How WikiLeaks opened our eyes to the illusion of freedom, The Guardian, 06/18/2014