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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The practical politician, as every connoisseur of ochlocracy knows, is not a man who seeks...

The practical politician, as every connoisseur of ochlocracy knows, is not a man who seeks...

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

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...

Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform...

Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform...

A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if...

A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if...

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...

To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish...

To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish...

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier - and...

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier - and...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

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...

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

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...

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

Democracy is based upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected...

Democracy is based upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected...

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....

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

By night an atheist half believes in a God

By night an atheist half believes in a God

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.