Why is America the last best hope of Earth? What if it's Liechtenstein? Or, worse, Canada?
Sarah VowellThe whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try.
Sarah VowellThe Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War-when I really think about them they all seem about as likely as the parting of the Red Sea.
Sarah VowellWhen one of a culture's guiding credos is that "all men are created equal," any person who, say, becomes an expert on, say, nuclear weapons or, say, ecology, i.e., anyone who distinguishes himself through mental excellence, is a nuisance.
Sarah Vowell