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The Klan is actually as thoroughly American as Rotary or the Moose. Its childish mummery is American, its highfalutin bombast is American, and its fundamental philosophy is American. The very essence of Americanism is the doctrine that the other fellow, if he happens to be in a minority, has absolutely no rights—that enough is done for him when he is allowed to live at all.
The longest sentence you can form with two words is “I do.”
The lunatic fringe wags the underdog.
The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party of bandits.
The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. H. L.
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true.
The most disgusting cad in the world is the man who, on grounds of decorum and morality, avoids the game of love. He is one who puts his own ease and security above the most laudable of philanthropies.
The most satisfying and ecstatic faith is almost purely agnostic. It trusts absolutely without professing to know at all.
The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well to do. Nothing else so neatly eases one’s way through life, especially in democratic countries.
The objection to a Communist always resolves itself into the fact that he is not a gentleman.
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