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

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads and those that no...

There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads and those that no...

Men always try to make virtues of their weaknesses. Fear of death and fear of...

Men always try to make virtues of their weaknesses. Fear of death and fear of...

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...

Adultery is the application of democracy to love

Adultery is the application of democracy to love

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty,...

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty,...

The kind of man who wants government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always...

The kind of man who wants government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always...

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...

A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he...

A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he...

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to...

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to...

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...

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

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 -...

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

It is more blessed to give than receive; for example, wedding presents

It is more blessed to give than receive; for example, wedding presents

That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the...

That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the...

Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals

Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness

Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell

Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell