Americans are nervous; Americans are restless; and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic. (Joni Eareckson Tada)

Americans are nervous; Americans are restless; and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic.

Joni Eareckson Tada

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