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... was dragged kicking and screaming into the twentieth century

Posted by Don Molloy on March 04, 2000

I have searched all the quotation books for this well-known phrase. I believe the original was "America was dragged . . . etc.
Can anyone help me? What is the exact phrase, and who said it when?