All government, of course, is against liberty.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Government Quotes, Liberty Quotes

Men are sad because they have to die so soon, women are sad because they...

Men are sad because they have to die so soon, women are sad because they...

Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production...

Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production...

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...

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...

Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop

Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop

During many a single week, I daresay, more money is spent in New York upon...

During many a single week, I daresay, more money is spent in New York upon...

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...

I've made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a...

I've made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a...

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

Has the great art and mystery of politics no apparent utility? Does it appear to...

Has the great art and mystery of politics no apparent utility? Does it appear to...

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading...

The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading...

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...

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

No one in this world, so far as I know has ever lost money by...

No one in this world, so far as I know has ever lost money by...

Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

All talk of winning the people by appealing to their intelligence, of conquering them by...

All talk of winning the people by appealing to their intelligence, of conquering them by...

It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.

It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value