Westbrook Pegler

“I am a member of the rabble in good standing.”

“My hates have always occupied my mind much more actively and have given me greater spiritual satisfaction than my friendships.”

“We have a system which, though far from perfect, is strong with idealism. It gives elbow room for men of all classes and all kinds of ambition and energy and ability.”

“I have been accused of being a ‘hater.’ When I see a rattlesnake poised to strike, I don’t wait for it to bite me and then build a hospital in its honor.”

“They will say I am a sour, cynical, suspicious old man, which I am.”

“I am a newspaperman. I have been a newspaperman for 40 years. It is a title of which I am proud.”

“The only fun in journalism is in hitting somebody who is swollen with his own importance.”

“I do not know any professional qualifications that are not attainable by any man of ordinary intelligence, who is not afraid of work.”

“A living wage is a wage that enables a man to live, that is all.”

“I have no solution to anything and I don't pretend to have. I am just a reporter.”

“The income tax is a vicious and tyrannical form of taxation.”

“The professional liberals are unable to understand the world. The world is not that simple.”

“The essence of Americanism is that a man is a man and has a right to the fruits of his labor.”

“I don't know anything that has been messed up more by the professional do-gooders than the business of government.”