The First World became a popular phrase in about the 1970s and '80s. The World Bank then began categorizing countries in different categories, advanced to the least developed.
Being an American is life-threatening. For various reasons, men and women here don't live as long as men and women in about two dozen other countries, including the ones we defeated in World War II - Japan, Germany and Italy.
The notion of 'world leadership' is a curiously archaic one. The very phrase is redolent of Kipling ballads and James Bondian adventures. What makes a country a world leader? Is it population, in which case India is on course to top the charts, overtaking China as the world's most populous country by 2034?
Barack Obama doesn't think this country should be number one. If it were number 35 it'd be fine with him.
How great it would be for us all to have the pride of knowing that we, as a country, are one of the best countries to be a child.
America is the greatest country on Earth - and when people vote with their feet, they come here.
The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.
Australia is a great place. It's my second favorite country, other than the U.S., obviously.
America is the greatest country in the whole world.
Financially, it's true that France does not have the same pulling power as England, Spain or Italy. But this is not the aspect that matters most to me.
The humiliating idea that we just slide from the top E.U. table to third country is unthinkable.
We're the highest taxed in the world, we're the highest taxed country right now, and it's not even close.
France has become the second-largest consumer of pizza per person, per pound, in the world, behind the United States and ahead of Italy.
Canada appears content to become a second-tier socialistic country, boasting ever more loudly about its economy and social services to mask its second-rate status.
