"We must consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are upon us; so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken and so cause him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world." -John Winthrop
Do you know what an American looks like? According to Peggy Noonan, it's Massachusetts Republican candidate Scott Brown! You know what an American doesn't look like? I don't know, but I bet he or she has a certain amount of duskiness to him or her. I'm just guessing there, but let's say I've got a pretty good hunch about it. [Via]