Someone who would go across a desert that can kill you, to get to another country? You want to be an American *that* bad? 'Cause I've never had to lift my damn finger to be an American. I'm honored to share a country with you. (Henry Rollins)

Someone who would go across a desert that can kill you, to get to another country? You want to be an American that bad? 'Cause I've never had to lift my damn finger to be an American. I'm honored to share a country with you.

Henry Rollins

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