The practical politician, as every connoisseur of ochlocracy knows, is not a man who seeks to inoculate the innumerable caravan of voters with new ideas; he is a man who seeks to search out and prick into energy the basic…

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

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...

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...

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...

A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice...

A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice...

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its...

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its...

Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his...

Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his...

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

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...

Why haven't women got labels on their foreheads saying, Danger: Government Health Warning: Women can...

Why haven't women got labels on their foreheads saying, Danger: Government Health Warning: Women can...

A celebrity is one who is known by many people he is glad he doesn't...

A celebrity is one who is known by many people he is glad he doesn't...

Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production...

Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

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...

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their...

Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their...

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...

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 petitioner's problem is to avoid Scylla without being drawn into Charybdis.

The petitioner's problem is to avoid Scylla without being drawn into Charybdis.

We have a problem. 'Congratulations.' But it's a tough problem. 'Then double congratulations'

We have a problem. 'Congratulations.' But it's a tough problem. 'Then double congratulations'

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.