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.

By comparison, the former colony of the United Province of Canada ( divided into the District of Canada East, and the District of Canada West ) and the western provinces were dozens of times larger and in some cases were expanded to take in territory formerly held in British Crown grants to companies such as the Hudson's Bay Company ; in particular the November 19, 1869 sale of Rupert's Land to the Government of Canada under the Rupert's Land Act 1868 was facilitated in part by Maritime taxpayers.

** Itemized deduction, eligible expense that individual taxpayers in the United States can report on their Federal income tax returns

Direct tax means a tax levied directly by the United States federal government on taxpayers, as opposed to a tax on events or transactions.

According to a 1996 report of the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress, during Reagan's two terms, and through 1993, the top 10 % of taxpayers paid an increased share of income taxes ( not including payroll taxes ) to the Federal government, while the lowest 50 % of taxpayers paid a reduced share of income tax revenue.

Many publicly run universities in the United States are subsidized by taxpayers of the state in which they are located ; residents of said state are frequently given a discount on tuition as a result.

Stevens stated that this would revive Alaska's timber industry and bring jobs to unemployed loggers ; however, the proposal would mean that thousands of miles of roads would be constructed at the expense of the United States Forest Service, judged to cost taxpayers $ 200, 000 per job created.

An itemized deduction is an eligible expense that individual taxpayers in the United States can report on their federal income tax returns in order to decrease their taxable income.

One example is the United States Alternative Minimum Tax ; since it is not indexed to inflation, an increasing number of upper-middle-income taxpayers have been finding themselves subject to this tax.

Linder's death quickly inflamed the already-polarized debate inside the United States, with opponents of U. S. policy decrying the use of taxpayers ' dollars to finance the killing of an American citizen as well as thousands of Nicaraguan civilians.

A health savings account ( HSA ) is a tax-advantaged medical savings account available to taxpayers in the United States who are enrolled in a high-deductible health plan ( HDHP ).

National Taxpayers Union ( NTU ) is a taxpayers advocacy organization and taxpayers union in the United States, founded in 1969 by James Dale Davidson.

In the United States, taxpayers can apply for a refund anticipation loan through a paid professional tax preparation service, where a fee is typically charged for the preparation of the tax return.

Following the economic crisis of Wall Street in September 2008, Graves voted against the proposed bailout of United States financial system, claiming that it neither " punished the wrongdoers nor adequately protected the innocent taxpayers, investors and retirees ” caught in the Wall Street banking crisis.

In Thor Power Tool Company v. Commissioner, 439 U. S. 522 ( 1979 ) the United States Supreme Court upheld IRS regulations limiting how taxpayers could write down inventory.

United States taxpayers can deduct donations of used goods to charitable organizations.

Pease was responsible for creating legislation within the United States Internal Revenue Code ( tax code ) whereby taxpayers who made excess amounts of adjusted gross income would lose ( proportionally ) their itemized deductions.

On January 24, 2008, Charles Koen was indicted again, along with a number of other United Front members for allegedly stealing more than $ 2 million from banks and taxpayers.

United States Representative George Miller ( D-CA ), a member of the House Education Committee, called the contract " a very questionable use of taxpayers ' money " that is " probably illegal ".

The United States Revenue Act of 1948 reduced individual income tax rates 5-13 percent, increased the personal exemption amount from $ 500 to $ 600, permitted married couples to split their incomes for tax purposes, made the distinction between community property jurisdictions and non-community property jurisdictions less relevant in the administration of the income, estate, and gift taxes, and provided additional exemption for taxpayers age 65 and older.

Sutton argued that the Soviet Union's technological and manufacturing base — which was then engaged in supplying the Viet Cong – was built by United States corporations and largely funded by US taxpayers.

The former OMC plant # 2 in Waukegan, Illinois is now a United States Environmental Protection Agency superfund cleanup site funded by taxpayers.

According to Idaho Rivers United, recent studies show that dam removal will save U. S. taxpayers and Northwest electricity consumers billions of dollars and generate billions more in increased tourism, outdoor recreation and improved sport and commercial fishing opportunities.