Friday, November 15, 2013

H.L. Mencken September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956

"The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself...  Almost inevitably, he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest,
insane and intolerable."
 
"The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic.  He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched.  He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair." -  H.L. Mencken

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