Never content just to be, America is also obliged to mean; America signifies, hence its constant and riveting vulnerability to illusion. (Martin Amis)

Never content just to be, America is also obliged to mean; America signifies, hence its constant and riveting vulnerability to illusion.

Martin Amis

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