One of my favorite sayings is: "Brevity is the soul of wit."

If I were to describe the American way, I would say simply, THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE."

To gump it out a bit, during the McCarthy witch hunt, Granpa Jones sang a song called I'm No Communist, and one line went,...I believe a man should own his own house, a car and cow. I like this private ownership and want to be left alone; let the government run its business and let me run my own.