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I have no patriotism, for patriotism, as I see it, is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

— George Jean Nathan

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The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

Materia Critica (1924)

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

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Our country – In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right, and always successful, right or wrong.

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No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

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