The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse - that is, to grow more satisfactory to those who constitute it and less satisfactory to those who support it.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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The central difficulty lies in the fact that all of the sciences have made such...

The central difficulty lies in the fact that all of the sciences have made such...

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...

Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs.

Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs.

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...

No one in this world, so far as I know has ever lost money by...

No one in this world, so far as I know has ever lost money by...

The formula of the argument is simple and familiar: to dispose of a problem all...

The formula of the argument is simple and familiar: to dispose of a problem all...

Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to...

Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to...

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

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...

The Liberals have many tails, and chase them all

The Liberals have many tails, and chase them all

For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong.

For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong.

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 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...

A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn't like

A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn't like

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...

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

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.

The way to fight a woman is with your hat - grab it and run

The way to fight a woman is with your hat - grab it and run

A woman who has no way of expressing herself and of realizing herself as a...

A woman who has no way of expressing herself and of realizing herself as a...