The American people, taking one with another, constitute the most timo…

H. L. Mencken
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The American people, taking one with another, constitute the most timorous, snivelling, poltroonish, ignominious mob of serfs and goosesteppers ever gathered under one flag in Christendom since the end of the Middle Ages. ✨ H. L. Mencken (2009). Prejudices: Third Series, p.10, Cosimo, Inc.
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