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Quote from H. L. Mencken,


"The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the greatest liars:
the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth."


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H. L. Mencken (more quotes by H. L. Mencken or books by/about H. L. Mencken)


(1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, Linguist, Lexicographer, and Critic

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America, Humor, Hypocrisy, Truth

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