The fifties - they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked nothing of you except a drifting belief in the moment and its power to satisfy.
We're not the States of America; we're the United States of America. If states don't get what they need, we're not going to have a successful plan, period.
Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.