"The normal American of the 'pure-blooded' majority goes to rest every
night with an uneasy feeling that there is a burglar under the bed and
he gets up every morning with a sickening fear that his underwear has
been stolen."
-H. L. Mencken, The Anglo-Saxon (1923)
The Anglo-Saxon (1923), is an essay by H. L. Mencken in which he
criticized Anglo-Saxonism, a belief system of late 19th
century and early 20th century promoting the superiority of
English-speaking nations. Mencken, although he considered himself of
true Anglo-Saxon ancestry, thought the American Anglo-Saxon to be
inferior and weak.