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I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.

— Warren G. Harding Misattributed Actually an exchange between journalist Talcott Williams and Sen. Boies Penrose (1919)

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What is Americanism? Damn if I know, but it's going to be a damn good word with which to carry an election.

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