Mailer Quote

"They believed in America as they believed in God-they could not really ever expect that America might collapse and God yet survive , no, they had even gone so far as to think that America was the savior of the world, food and medicine by one hand, sword in the other, highest of high faith in a nation which would bow the knee before no problem since God' own strength was in the die." Pg 34 Miami and the Siege of Chicago

I feel that this quote exemplifies the rise of the imperial presidency. I find it interesting that the reporter seems to think that this is a new idea. I feel that since the presidency of McKinley, the idea of an imperial America was established. I think that by Mailer writing this it shows that the idea of an Imperial Presidency was not as wall known as established until the mid 1900s.