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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To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse - that is, to...

The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse - that is, to...

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the...

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the...

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...

The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men...

The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men...

Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs.

Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs.

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...

I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and...

I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and...

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

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

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

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

Nothing is more patent, indeed, than the fact that charity merely converts the unfit -...

Nothing is more patent, indeed, than the fact that charity merely converts the unfit -...

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...

Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

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...

A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn't like

A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn't like

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...

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...

Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at...

Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at...

I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger...

I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger...