The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed a standard citizenry, to put down dissent and originality

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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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...

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...

The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable...

The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable...

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Jury: A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health,...

Jury: A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health,...

Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives

Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one...

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one...

The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very...

The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very...

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that...

Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that...

On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women.

On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women.

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely...

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely...

It is not the responsibility of the government or the legal system to protect a...

It is not the responsibility of the government or the legal system to protect a...

It is nonsense for the Government to allow any loopholes for religious homophobia. Bigotry is...

It is nonsense for the Government to allow any loopholes for religious homophobia. Bigotry is...