Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted.
H. L. MENCKENPuritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
More H. L. Mencken Quotes
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The final test of truth is ridicule. Very few dogmas have ever faced it and survived.
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Change is not progress.
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On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
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Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.
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A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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There is no idea so stupid that you can’t find a professor who will believe it.
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Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people.
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For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.
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You can’t do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
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A professional politician is a professionally dishonorable man. In order to get anywhere near high office he has to make so many compromises and submit to so many humiliations that he becomes indistinguishable from a streetwalker.
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It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.
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In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
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