Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Democracy Quotes, Free Speech Quotes

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 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...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant...

The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant...

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown,...

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown,...

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable...

A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable...

Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their...

Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their...

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

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

Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform...

Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform...

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...

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women.

On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women.

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

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

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

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...

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...

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...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Celebrate that we seein' another day, life good.

Celebrate that we seein' another day, life good.

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is...

Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is...