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H.L. Mencken 281
American journalist and writer 1880–1956Related quotes

“I believe that almost all politicians are honest.”
This I Believe (1952)
Context: I believe that almost all politicians are honest. For every bribed alderman there are hundreds of politicians, low paid or not paid at all, doing their level best without thanks or glory to make our system work. If this were not true, we would never have gotten past the thirteen colonies.
“If you think about the unthinkable long enough it becomes quite reasonable.”
"The Intellectual in America" (1955), from A Sad Heart at the Supermarket (1962)
General sources

“It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.”
"On Court-Influence" (January 3/January 10, 1818)
Political Essays (1819)

"The Loveridge Burglary" (1900)
Short stories

Section VI: “Let There Be Light”, p. 36 (Note: different pagination from other references here) http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=1497285&pageno=36
1910s, The New Freedom (1913)