Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are most tolerable are arbitrary, cruel, grasping and unintelligent.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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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...

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

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

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

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

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...

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

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.

I've made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a...

I've made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a...

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a...

Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a...

Democracy is based upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected...

Democracy is based upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected...

A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if...

A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if...

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes...

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes...

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.

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 typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers...

The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers...

Real love stories never have endings.

Real love stories never have endings.

He [Freud] often said three things were impossible to fulfill completely; healing, education, governing. He...

He [Freud] often said three things were impossible to fulfill completely; healing, education, governing. He...

A life without love is like a year without summer.

A life without love is like a year without summer.