The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve 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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More Quotes By H.l. Mencken
  1. Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
  2. Happiness is the china shop love is the bull.
  3. You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
  4. The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
  5. An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.
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