Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.

Quote by H L Mencken

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I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.

No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average...

No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average...

Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers.

Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Every man is his own hell.

Every man is his own hell.

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...

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what sting is justice.

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what sting is justice.

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for;...

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for;...

The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums...

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums...

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.

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes...

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes...

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know...

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know...

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

There is always someone to say the same thought that somebody thought that nobody will...

There is always someone to say the same thought that somebody thought that nobody will...