Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Democracy Quotes, Free Speech Quotes

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...

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...

Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that...

Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that...

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.

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

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

It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the...

It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the...

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 -...

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient

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 chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to...

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to...

He (the businessman) is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation

He (the businessman) is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a...

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a...

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she...

Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she...

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.

Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.