H. L. Mencken quote: We are, in fact, a nation of evangelists; every third American devotes himself to improving and lifting up his fellow-citizens, ...

We are, in fact, a nation of evangelists; every third American devotes himself to improving and lifting up his fellow-citizens, usually by force; the messianic delusion is our national disease.

~ H. L. Mencken ~

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