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.
H. L. MENCKENIn 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.
More H. L. Mencken Quotes
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Socialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true.
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Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.
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When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.
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The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God’s children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.
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The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it.
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Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
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The State doesn’t just want you to obey, it wants to make you WANT to obey.
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There’s really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.
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Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to Heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
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The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.
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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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Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was founded upon love.
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