“A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty.”—Mark Twain, in an unpublished response to stuffy British critic Matthew Arnold’s claim that Americans lacked “the discipline of awe and respect”
(See Time Magazine’s fine cover story on the man who is still America’s master comedian—and, need I add, one of its finest writers.)
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