A Quote by H. L. Mencken

The Americans are the illegitimate children of the English.

H. L. Mencken

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Children English Illegitimate Illegitimate Child

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H. L. Mencken
American - Writer
September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956

There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all.

Bernadette Devlin

There are illegitimate parents, but I don't believe there are any illegitimate children.

Rick Warren

In the 19th century, the English were loathed. Every memoir that you read of that period, indicates the loathing that everybody felt for the English, the only difference between the English and Americans, in this respect, is the English rather liked being loathed and the Americans apparently dislike it intensely.

Malcolm Muggeridge

Me is what them call illegitimate, that mean say me is a criminal, bomba rassclaat! That's why me go write a song called 'Illegitimate Children.' It took me years to find out I was one.

Peter Tosh

I'm one of those people that feels that Americans that shouldn't do Shakespeare... The rhythms of the English language and the mannerisms of the English speech seems to work effortlessly with William Shakespeare, but when Americans do it, something seems stuck.

Nicolas Cage

My mother was a children's librarian, and I was raised on lots of English children's literature. It gave me this weird idea that I was English.

Jefferson Mays

My English was limited to vacationing and not really engaging with Americans. I knew 'shopping' and 'eating' English - I could say 'blue sweater,' 'creme brulee,' and 'Caesar salad,' - so I came here thinking I spoke English.

Salma Hayek

The illegitimate use of a state by economic interests for their own ends is based upon a preexisting illegitimate power of the state to enrich some persons at the expense of others. Eliminate that illegitimate power of giving differential economic benefits and you eliminate or drastically restrict the motive for wanting political influence.

Robert Nozick

I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.

Eartha Kitt

There are accidental parents, but there are no accidental children. There are illegitimate parents, but there are no illegitimate children.

Rick Warren

Who’s she? Just another Ivashkov. There are tons of them. Probably because all the guys like Adrian and have all sorts of illegitimate children." "Adrian doesn’t have any children." "That we know of.