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Quote from H. L. Mencken,


"The objection to Puritans is not that
they try to make us think as they do,
but that they try to make us do as they think."


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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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Agnostic, Authority, Coercion, Conformity, Free Thought, Humor, Oppression, Reason, Religion, Resistance

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