The United States is very good at understanding itself, and very bad at understanding others.

The historical problem of the United States is to admit that it is a multiracial and multi-ethnic nation.

The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century.

The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States.

We don't have any bad memories of the people of the United States.

People in the United Kingdom and outside the United States share my bemusement with the United States that America doesn't share with itself.