All government, of course, is against liberty.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Government Quotes, Liberty Quotes

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

Save among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief...

Save among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief...

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras...

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras...

When women kiss, it always reminds one of prizefighters shaking hands

When women kiss, it always reminds one of prizefighters shaking hands

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

Truth would quickly cease to become stranger than fiction, once we got as used to...

Truth would quickly cease to become stranger than fiction, once we got as used to...

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...

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty,...

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty,...

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

Democracy is based upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected...

Democracy is based upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected...

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

Change is not progress

Change is not progress

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

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...

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply...

The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply...

To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia -...

To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia -...

Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you're in.

Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you're in.

I think a good product would be Baby Duck Hat. It's a fake baby duck,...

I think a good product would be Baby Duck Hat. It's a fake baby duck,...

I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have...

I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have...