The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to...

An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to...

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...

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...

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body

Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

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...

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

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 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...

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...

It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort...

It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with...

History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with...

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

When women kiss, it always reminds one of prizefighters shaking hands

When women kiss, it always reminds one of prizefighters shaking hands

During many a single week, I daresay, more money is spent in New York upon...

During many a single week, I daresay, more money is spent in New York upon...

If you'd lose a troublesome Visitor, lend him Money.

If you'd lose a troublesome Visitor, lend him Money.

Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the...

Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the...