In every war of the United States since the Civil War the South was more belligerent than the rest of the country.

Thus, to cite but one example, the Pax Britannica of the nineteenth century, whether with the British navy ruling the seas or with the City of London ruling world finance, was strictly national in motivation, however much other nations ( e.g., the United States ) may have incidentally benefited.

National responsibility for individual welfare is a concept not limited to the United States or even to the Western nations.

( Since the time-span of the nation-state coincides roughly with the separate existence of the United States as an independent entity, it is perhaps natural for Americans to think of the nation as representative of the highest form of order, something permanent and unchanging.

In recent weeks, as a result of a sweeping defense policy reappraisal by the Kennedy Administration, basic United States strategy has been modified -- and large new sums allocated -- to meet the accidental-war danger and to reduce it as quickly as possible.

Its radar screens would register Soviet missiles shortly after they are launched against the United States.

In 1938, at the insistence of Arturo Toscanini, Steinberg left Germany for the United States, by way of Switzerland.

After he had spent the first three years in New York as associate conductor, at Toscanini's invitation, of the NBC Orchestra, he made numerous guest appearances throughout the United States and Latin America.

`` Then I return to the United States for engagements at the Hollywood Bowl and in Philadelphia '', he added.

The difference came down to this: The Southern States insisted that the United States was, in last analysis, what its name implied -- a Union of States.

`` we the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common Defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America ''.

The 140,414 Americans who gave `` the last full measure of devotion '' to prevent disunion, preserved individual freedom in the United States from the dangers of anarchy, inherent in confederations, which throughout history have proved fatal in the end to all associations composed primarily of sovereign states, and to the liberties of their people.

There one finds concentrated in a comparatively small area the chief universities, colleges, and preparatory schools of the United States.

The rise of the giant corporations in Western Europe and the United States dates from the period 1880-1900.

He says: `` beside the Protestant philosophy of Progress, as expressed in radical or conservative millenarianism, should be placed the doctrine of the democratic faith which affirmed it to be the duty of the destiny of the United States to assist in the creation of a better world by keeping lighted the beacon of democracy ''.

During the next five years liberal leaders in the United States sank in the cumulative confusion attendant upon and manifested in a negative policy of Containment -- and the bitterest irony -- enforced and enforceable only by threat of a weapon that we felt the greatest distaste for but could not abandon: the atom bomb.

And here again we hear the same refrain mentioned above: `` the paramount goal of the United States set long ago was to guard the rights of the individual, ensure his development, enlarge his opportunity ''.

`` I arrived in the United States with the idea of establishing myself there more or less permanently and finding inspiration for new compositions ''.

This is the good kind of sophistication, and with all our problems and crises this kind of sophistication has flowered in the United States during recent years.

but Wright stayed in the United States.

The new episodes debuted in the United States and Canada on October 27, 2011.

Although Secret Messages debuted at number four in the United Kingdom, it fell off the charts, failing to catch fire with a lack of hit singles in the U. K. ( though " Rock ' n ' Roll Is King " was a sizeable hit in UK, the US and Australia ) and a lukewarm media response.

The album was then released in November 1997, and debuted at number-one on both the Top Country Albums and Billboard 200 album charts in the United States, and later became his fourth album to reach a sales of 10 million copies.

United Feature Syndicate accepted the retooled strip in 1978 and debuted it in 41 newspapers on June 19 of that year ( however after a test run, the Chicago Sun-Times dropped it, only to reinstate it after readers ' complaints ).

The Hobbit, an animated version of the story produced by Rankin / Bass, debuted as a television movie in the United States in 1977.

Their sixth studio album, Light Grenades, debuted at No. 1 in 2006 and has received Gold certification in the U. S. Incubus released their first greatest hits album Monuments and Melodies in June 2009, accompanied by a tour of the United States, Japan and Canada.

Donnie Darko had its first screening at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2001, and debuted in United States theaters in October 2001 to a tepid response.

Their latest studio album, The Electric Age ( 2012 ), debuted at No. 77 on Billboard 200, making it Overkill's highest ever chart position in the United States.

Although many of their previous albums, including Pleasure to Kill ( 1986 ), were quite popular in the United States, Kreator did not experience major American commercial success until the 2009 release of their twelfth studio album, Hordes of Chaos, which peaked at number 165 on the Billboard 200 and debuted at No. 16 on the Media Control Charts, the band's highest ever chart position in Germany.

Completed in less than a month, Purple debuted at number one in the United States upon its release on June 7, 1994.

It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and became the highest charting, primarily-Spanish language album in the United States, since Dreaming of You by Selena.

The album debuted at No. 2 on the Latin Billboard Chart and sold over 200, 000 copies in the United States reaching Platinum status.

The Goonies was first released on VHS video in the United States in March 1986 and the laserdisc and CED versions also debuted that year.

The film, produced by Tani L. Cohen and Chuck Grieve, debuted at the Toronto Film Festival on September 12, 1992, and was released to a very limited number of theaters in the United States in 1993.

His artwork was featured on CBS's The Early Show where his " 44 Obamas ," commemorating the 44th President of The United States, was debuted.

" Nevertheless Afrodisiac became a moderate seller: While the album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, selling only 416, 000 copies to date, it generally failed to chart or sell noticeably outside the United States.

maXair debuted in 2005 as only the second HUSS Giant Frisbee ride in the United States.

At this show, Bright Eyes debuted a new song entitled " Coyote Song " about two lovers separated by the Mexico – United States border.

It and the Game Boy debuted in Japan on April 21, 1989, in the United States on July 31, 1989, and in Europe on September 28, 1990.

Their second album, Away from the Sun, ( 2002 ) continued the band's success ; it debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 chart and went multi-platinum in the United States like its predecessor.

The group debuted in the United States in 2002 with their single " Kids in America ".

On June 21, 2005, Now and Forever: The Hits was quietly released in the United States ; the album debuted at number 53 with 20, 000 copies sold.

The current season Power Rangers Samurai debuted in the United States on February 7, 2011.

On 5 March 1980, the film Coal Miner's Daughter debuted in Nashville, and soon became the No. 1 box office hit in the United States.

On August 12, 2011, Cinemax launched its original programming content outside of the licensed Max After Dark programming, with the addition of action-oriented series targeted at males 18-49, to its primetime schedule ; on that date, Cinemax debuted its first mainstream original program, the U. S. premiere of the British action series Strike Back ( first-run episodes of the series aired by Cinemax during its 2011 season were from the show's second season, the series originally debuted on Sky1 in the United Kingdom, which Home Box Office, Inc ./ Cinemax partnered with to produce the series after the conclusion of its first season, in 2010 ).