J. E. Lawrence wrote a column for the Nebraska State Journal in 1949 in which the following the phrase appears. He wrote of how pioneer life molded character.
"New land is harsh, and vigorous, and sturdy. It scorns evidence of weakness. There is nothing of sham or hypocrisy in it. It is what it is, without an apology."
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Rolf Harris This expression is not an idiom.
When the thing I want to quote can not be better expressed than the way in which it was originally said.
It was not originally said about the U.S. Instead it was said about France by Klemens von Metternich. This was later adapted to America.
This quote originally came from the film Citizen Kane. The quote was said by the character Charles Foster Kane.
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Verbatim means to say something exactly like it was said originally.
When the thing I want to quote can not be better expressed than the way in which it was originally said.