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"America" is a poem by Allen Ginsberg, written in 1956 while he was in Berkeley, California. It appears in his collection Howl and Other Poems published in November 1956. The poem is presented in a stream of consciousness literary format. America is a largely political work, with much of the poem consisting of various accusations against the United States, its government, and its citizens. Ginsberg uses sarcasm to accuse America of attempting to divert responsibility for the Cold War ("America you don't want to go to war/ it's them bad Russians / Them Russians them Russians and them Chinamen. / And them Russians"), and makes numerous references to both leftist and anarchist political movements and figures (including Sacco and Vanzetti, the Scottsboro Boys and the Wobblies). The poem ends with Ginsberg putting his "queer shoulder to the wheel", although the original draft ended on a bleaker note: "Dark America! toward whom I close my eyes for prophecy, / and bend my speaking heart! / Betrayed! Betrayed!" References

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“Without Jefferson, the new nation might have lost its soul. Without Hamilton it would assuredly have been killed in body.”
— , as quoted in Jeffersonian Principles and Hamiltonian Principles (1932), p. xvii
“God's blessing has been on America from the very beginning of this nation, and I believe God isn't done with America yet. I believe in you. I believe in the power of millions... Reignite the promise of America... It is a time for truth. It is a time for liberty. It is a time to reclaim the Constitution of the United States.”
— Ted Cruz, presidential declaration speech, Ted Cruz declaration speech: Full transcript, as quoted in Independent.co.uk (23 March 2015).
“To remain the world's shining city on a hill and beacon of hope to many, we should have our arms open to those who are fleeing oppression and seeking safety, not turning them away at the door.”
— Randy Hultgren, Statement on Executive Order (2017)
“The American public thinks someone is watching over them. Generally they think someone’s in charge and going to make sure bad things don’t happen. Our oversight system in our country is so broken and so untrustworthy”
— Lisa McGiffert, co-founder of the Patient Safety Action Network according to federal inspectors As patients fell ill with COVID inside hospitals, government oversight fell short (DECEMBER 23, 2021)
“Sell a country! why not sell the air, the clouds, and the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?”
— Tecumseh, Speech to Governor William Henry Harrison, at Vincennes, Indiana Territory (August 14, 1810); according to John Bartlett (ed.) Familiar Quotations, 15th ed. (1980), p. 419
“Some Americans need hyphens in their names, because only part of them has come over; but when the whole man has come over, heart and thought and all, the hyphen drops of its own weight out of his name.”
— Woodrow Wilson, address, Unveiling of the Statue to the Memory of Commodore John Barry, Washington (May 16, 1914).

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"America" is a poem by Allen Ginsberg, written in 1956 while he was in Berkeley, California. It appears in his collection Howl and Other Poems published in November 1956.

Notable quotes

“Without Jefferson, the new nation might have lost its soul. Without Hamilton it would assuredly have been killed in body.”
— , as quoted in Jeffersonian Principles and Hamiltonian Principles (1932), p. xvii
“God's blessing has been on America from the very beginning of this nation, and I believe God isn't done with America yet. I believe in you. I believe in the power of millions... Reignite the promise of America... It is a time for truth. It is a time for liberty. It is a time to reclaim the Constitution of the United States.”
— Ted Cruz, presidential declaration speech, Ted Cruz declaration speech: Full transcript, as quoted in Independent.co.uk (23 March 2015).
“To remain the world's shining city on a hill and beacon of hope to many, we should have our arms open to those who are fleeing oppression and seeking safety, not turning them away at the door.”
— Randy Hultgren, Statement on Executive Order (2017)
“The American public thinks someone is watching over them. Generally they think someone’s in charge and going to make sure bad things don’t happen. Our oversight system in our country is so broken and so untrustworthy”
— Lisa McGiffert, co-founder of the Patient Safety Action Network according to federal inspectors As patients fell ill with COVID inside hospitals, government oversight fell short (DECEMBER 23, 2021)
“Sell a country! why not sell the air, the clouds, and the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?”
— Tecumseh, Speech to Governor William Henry Harrison, at Vincennes, Indiana Territory (August 14, 1810); according to John Bartlett (ed.) Familiar Quotations, 15th ed. (1980), p. 419
“Some Americans need hyphens in their names, because only part of them has come over; but when the whole man has come over, heart and thought and all, the hyphen drops of its own weight out of his name.”
— Woodrow Wilson, address, Unveiling of the Statue to the Memory of Commodore John Barry, Washington (May 16, 1914).

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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