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The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor in depth.

James Thurber

James Thurber (1894–1961), U.S. humorist, illustrator. New York Times Magazine (Dec. 7, 1958).

In response to the question of whether humor was in decline in the United States.

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