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When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag.

Sinclair Lewis

You,” Said Dr. Yavitch, “are a middle-road liberal, and you haven’t the slightest idea what you want.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Country Doctor Idda Liberal Middle People Person Road Said Sighest Want
And that the pastor’s sermons, however dull they might seem at the time of taking, yet had a voodooistic power which ‘did a fellow good– kept him in touch with Higher Things.
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Fellow Good Higher might Power Seem Semon Thing Time Touch
God has never done much but creep around and try to catch us disobeying it.
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Around Catch Creep Disobey Done God Much never Try
As ever admit it; and I do believe that if we busted out and admitted it sometimes, instead of being nice and patient and loyal for sixty years, and then nice and patient and dead for the rest of eternity, why, maybe, possibly, we might make life more fun.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Admit Believe Bust Dearth Eternity Fun Life Loyal More Nice Possible Sometimes
The world and all its wisdom is but a booby, blundering school-boy that needs management and could be managed.
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All Blunder Boy But Could Manage Management Need Nobody School Wisdom World
I’ve heard of their curing syphilis by giving the patient malaria, but I’ve never heard of their curing malaria by giving the patient syphilis.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Curing Give Heard Malaria Patient Syphill
The greatest mystery about a human being is not his reaction to sex or praise, but the manner in which he contrives to put in twenty-four hours a day. It is this which puzzles the longshoreman about the clerk, the Londoner about the bushman.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Being Contrive Four Greatest Hour Human Manner Mystery Praise Put Reaction Sex Twenty
There are dozens of young poets and fictioneers most of them a little insane in the tradition of James Joyce, who, however insane they may be, have refused to be genteel and traditional and dull.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Country Dozen Fictioneer Insane May Most People Person Poet Tradition Young
I, being a revolutionist, know exactly what I want — and what I want now is a drink.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Drink Exactly Now Revolution Want
He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Cathedral Little One Seem Something Spent Time
One quarter are afraid to speak, and one quarter are killed and you die with them. But the blessed final quarter keep you alive.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Afraid Alive Bless Die Kill Leep One Quater Speak
Under a tyranny, most friends are a liability. One quarter of them turn “reasonable” and become your enemies.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Become Enemy Friend Liability More Quater Reasonable Turn Tyranny Under
The Maker of the universe with stars a hundred thousand light-years apart was interested, furious, and very personal about it if a small boy played baseball on Sunday afternoon.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Apart Furious Hundred Interest Light Maker Personal Star Thousand Universe Year
Curiously, neither God nor the devil may wear modern dress, but must retain Grecian vestments.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Curiosity Devil Dress God Grecian Modern Neither Retain Vestment Wear
Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Occupation Season Winter
Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.
SINCLAIR LEWIS

Advertise Cheapest Economic Factor Good Particular Sell Valuable Worthless

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