It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.

Quote by H L Mencken

Topics: H L Mencken Quotes

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.

Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.

Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that...

Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that...

Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended...

Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended...

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true....

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true....

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please...

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please...

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and...

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and...

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I...

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I...

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think...

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think...

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to...

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to...

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than...

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than...

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and...

There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and...

Love is the delusion that one man or woman differs from another.

Love is the delusion that one man or woman differs from another.

Love is a thing what we can not see but can realize

Love is a thing what we can not see but can realize

Only than the villains of the Hierarchy will turn their face to the man hooked...

Only than the villains of the Hierarchy will turn their face to the man hooked...

If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell mushrooms...

If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell mushrooms...