There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South. Here in this pretty world, Gallantry took its last bow. Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave. Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind.
Ben HechtThat God has managed to survive the inanities of the religions that do Him homage is truly a miraculous proof of His existence.
Ben HechtThe movies are an eruption of trash that has lamed the American mind and retarded Americans from becoming cultured people.
Ben Hecht