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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his...

Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

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...

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

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

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

The only kind of freedom that the mob can imagine is freedom to annoy and...

The only kind of freedom that the mob can imagine is freedom to annoy and...

Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to...

Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to...

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

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...

A woman's best protection is a little money of her own.

A woman's best protection is a little money of her own.

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.