All government, of course, is against liberty.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Government Quotes, Liberty Quotes

The prophesying business is like writing fugues; it is fatal to every one save the...

The prophesying business is like writing fugues; it is fatal to every one save the...

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time

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...

There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads and those that no...

There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads and those that no...

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice...

A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice...

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence

The practical politician, as every connoisseur of ochlocracy knows, is not a man who seeks...

The practical politician, as every connoisseur of ochlocracy knows, is not a man who seeks...

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one...

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

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 prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if...

A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if...

I must have a drink of breakfast.

I must have a drink of breakfast.

How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood...

How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood...