The liberty to have and hold property is not one they recognize. They believe only in the liberty to envy, hate and loot the man who has it.
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"Liberty and Democracy" in the Baltimore Evening Sun (13 April 1925), also in A Second Mencken Chrestomathy : New Selections from the Writings of America's Legendary Editor, Critic, and Wit (1994) edited by Terry Teachout, p. 35