H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer
Source: 1910s, Prejudices, First Series (1919), Ch. 16
“Circumcision in the United States is routinely performed without anesthesia, though anesthesia reduces the infant's stress and prevents infection and blood clots.”
— Warren Farrell, book The Myth of Male Power
Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part II: The Glass Cellars of the disposable sex, p. 221.
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Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part II: The Glass Cellars of the disposable sex, p. 221.
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Context: I want to stress again that human rights are not peripheral to the foreign policy of the United States. Our pursuit of human rights is part of a broad effort to use our great power and our tremendous influence in the service of creating a better world, a world in which human beings can live in peace, in freedom, and with their basic needs adequately met.
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