Israel Zangwill

America is God's Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming!

No, the real American has not yet arrived. He is only in the Crucible, I tell you - he will be the fusion of all races, perhaps the coming superman.

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.

My weight can swing by four stone.

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.