Hundreds Of Thousands Quotes
While he fairly described the Spanish intentions, the reality which was not known at the time, was that most of the deaths in South America were caused by disease brought by the Spanish for which Europeans had some immunities and the natives of the New Word, none.
This statement is perhaps the greatest and most eloquent description of the United States exceptionalism and its behavior in WWII. Such a statement could only come from a non-American.
This statement was part of the historical and philosophical underpinnings of major public works programs as public employment programs such as the Job Corps, CCC, WPA and the like.