During many a single week, I daresay, more money is spent in New York upon useless and evil things than would suffice to run the kingdom of Denmark for a year.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

The Liberals have many tails, and chase them all

The Liberals have many tails, and chase them all

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...

Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives

Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives

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,...

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

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...

Nothing is more patent, indeed, than the fact that charity merely converts the unfit -...

Nothing is more patent, indeed, than the fact that charity merely converts the unfit -...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely...

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely...

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...

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

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...

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...

Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.

Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends

The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think...

The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think...

They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents,...

They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents,...

These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed...

These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed...

My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.

My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.