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Quotation by Samuel Johnson
I am willing to love all mankind, except an American.
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), British author, lexicographer. Quoted in James Boswell, Life of Dr. Johnson, entry, April 15, 1778 (1791).
"Sir, they are a race of convicts," Johnson stated in 1769, "and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging." (Quoted in Boswell, Life of Dr. Johnson, March 21, 1775).
"Sir, they are a race of convicts," Johnson stated in 1769, "and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging." (Quoted in Boswell, Life of Dr. Johnson, March 21, 1775).
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