When we appropriate money from the public funds to pay for vaccinating a horde of negroes, we do not do it because we have any sympathy for them or because we crave their blessings, but simply because we don't want…

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable...

The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable...

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were...

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were...

A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he...

A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he...

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to...

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to...

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to...

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to...

School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full...

School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full...

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another

It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort...

It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort...

The average newspaper, especially of the better sort, has the intelligence of a hillbilly evangelist,...

The average newspaper, especially of the better sort, has the intelligence of a hillbilly evangelist,...

Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.

Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.

Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing they marry...

Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing they marry...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be...

A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be...

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general...

I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general...

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

There is nothing patriotic about hating your country or pretending that you can love your...

There is nothing patriotic about hating your country or pretending that you can love your...