Dear Mr. Seldes: I Cannot Remember The Exact Wording Of The Statement To Which You Allude

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"Dear Mr. Seldes: I cannot remember the exact wording of the statement
to which you allude; but what I meant was that ... a man who calls
himself a 100% American and is proud of it, is generally 150% an idiot
politically. But the designations may be good business for war
veterans. Having bled for their country in 1861 and 1918, they have
bled it all they could consequently. And why not?"
-- George Seldes, "The Great Quotations"

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