One man prefers the Republic because it pays better than Bulgaria. Another because it has laws to keep him sober and his daughter chaste. Another because the Woolworth Building is higher than the cathedral at Chartres. Another because, living here, he can read the New York Evening Journal. Another because there is a warrant out for him somewhere else. Me, I like it because it amuses me to my taste. I never get tired of the show. It is worth every cent it costs.

H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) American writer and journalist [Henry Lewis Mencken]
“On Being an American,” Prejudices: Third Series (1922)

 
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