Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Government Quotes

Jury: A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health,...

Jury: A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health,...

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

When I mount the scaffold at last these will be my farewell words to the...

When I mount the scaffold at last these will be my farewell words to the...

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

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...

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...

Jealousy: The theory that some other fellow has just as little taste

Jealousy: The theory that some other fellow has just as little taste

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to...

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to...

History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with...

History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with...

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 only really happy folk are married women and single men.

The only really happy folk are married women and single men.

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

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

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...

That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the...

That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the...

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier - and...

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier - and...

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...

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

Don't marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper.

Don't marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper.

The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching. With the man the world...

The woman's vision is deep reaching, the man's far reaching. With the man the world...