I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war on liberty, and that the democratic government is at least as bad as any of the other forms.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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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...

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...

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

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...

Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was...

Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was...

There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the...

There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the...

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

Save among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief...

Save among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief...

A celebrity is one who is known by many people he is glad he doesn't...

A celebrity is one who is known by many people he is glad he doesn't...

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

Immortality is the condition of a dead man who doesn't believe he is dead

Immortality is the condition of a dead man who doesn't believe he is dead

Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible...

Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible...

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia--to mistake...

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia--to mistake...

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras...

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras...

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.

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...

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.

The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore,...

The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore,...

Globalization could be the answer to many of the world's seemingly intractable problems. But this...

Globalization could be the answer to many of the world's seemingly intractable problems. But this...