"[A formula for answering controversial letters --..." - Quote by H L Mencken

“Self-respect - The secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.”

“Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man.”

“Truth - Something somehow discreditable to someone.”

“The officers do not beat the men; the officers and men receive equal treatment. Soldiers are free to hold meetings and speak out. Trivial formalities have been done away with and the accounts are open for all to inspect.”

“You expect me to account for opinions which you choose to call mine, but which I have never acknowledged.”

“There are often multiple sources for some famous statements by King; as a professional speaker and minister he used some significant phrases with only slight variation many times in hisessays, books, and his speeches to different audiences.”

“A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.”

“I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.”

“The most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages.”