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H. L. Mencken

"In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican."

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"In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican."

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"We are a little land. And little lands on the borders of a great empire were always hateful to the lords of the great empire. He longs to blot them out, gobble them up."

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"Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took."

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"I cry, sometimes, because I'm not 20 years younger, and I'm not healthy. But if I were, I would even sacrifice my writing to enter politics."

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"A market where chief executive officers make 262 times that of the average worker and 821 times that of the minimum-wage worker is not a market that is working well. And it is surely not working well enough to build a solid middle class."

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"It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system."

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