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"Think of it this way. The whole world is broke, but the United States is less broke."
"Think of it this way. The whole world is broke, but the United States is less broke."

"Think of it this way. The whole world is broke, but the United States is less broke."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Datec 1965
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 13 13/16 × 10 3/16 in. (35.1 × 25.8 cm) Sheet: 14 3/16 × 10 5/8 in. (36 × 27 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1982.295
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
Alan Dunn
1947
"It can't miss, J.G.. The author got disillusioned with Communism, escaped from behind the Iron Curtain, came to the United States, lived on a sharecropper's farm in Georgia, spent a year in a state insane asylum, turned to religion, and now is a monk."
"It can't miss, J.G.. The author got disillusioned with Communism, escaped from behind the Iron Curtain, came to the United States, lived on a sharecropper's farm in Georgia, spent a year in a state insane asylum, turned to religion, and now is a monk."
Alan Dunn
1950
"Would you be interested to know that it broke all records for coast-to-coast flight?"
"Would you be interested to know that it broke all records for coast-to-coast flight?"
Alan Dunn
1962
"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the day the Dow-Jones Industrial average broke eight hundred."
"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the day the Dow-Jones Industrial average broke eight hundred."
Alan Dunn
1964
When World War I Broke Over Europe
When World War I Broke Over Europe
Boris Artzybasheff
circa 1940
"On the other hand, isn't it comforting to think that somewhere, deep in the eternal vaults of time, your whole earthly career lies recorded in the federal data bank?"
"On the other hand, isn't it comforting to think that somewhere, deep in the eternal vaults of time, your whole earthly career lies recorded in the federal data bank?"
Alan Dunn
1971
"Six per cent less France, Three per cent less Italy, one per cent less England, and we'll just squeeze by."
"Six per cent less France, Three per cent less Italy, one per cent less England, and we'll just squeeze by."
Alan Dunn
1973
"The way I see it, Russia thinks we think they think we're not willing to go to war."
"The way I see it, Russia thinks we think they think we're not willing to go to war."
Alan Dunn
1948
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."
"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"Strictly on the q.t., I think I can put you in the way of some tetramethyl-diamin obenyophenone."
"Strictly on the q.t., I think I can put you in the way of some tetramethyl-diamin obenyophenone."
Alan Dunn
1944
"I can think of a better way to avoid probate-live it up!"
"I can think of a better way to avoid probate-live it up!"
Alan Dunn
1966