I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.
Robert FrostWe get twitted now and then on how we made this country. Well, we took the whole business, of course. It's not just that corner that we took from Mexico. When we got it all together, we got a very shapely country-the best continental cut in all the world, between the two oceans and in the right temperature zone.
Robert Frost