DICK
That’s so: they don’t amount to anything until they come over here and inhale the free and fresh air of liberty. Then they become American citizens and they amount to a great deal. We build up the West and feed the world!
DALTON
Feed the world! Oh, no! Certainly you don’t feed England!
DICK
Oh yes we do! We’ve fed England. We gave you a warm breakfast in 1776, a boiling dinner in 1812—and we’ve got a red-hot supper for you any time you want it!
DALTON
(insolently)
’Pon my word, you amuse me.
DICK