The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia,...

Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia,...

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

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...

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...

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...

A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; a woman loses hers after...

A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; a woman loses hers after...

And out of each (schoolhouse) is vomited the standard product of the New Pedagogy -...

And out of each (schoolhouse) is vomited the standard product of the New Pedagogy -...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

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...

It is more blessed to give than receive; for example, wedding presents

It is more blessed to give than receive; for example, wedding presents

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she...

Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she...

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...

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Jealousy: The theory that some other fellow has just as little taste

Jealousy: The theory that some other fellow has just as little taste

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras...

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras...

In the theory of gender I began from zero. There is no masculine power or...

In the theory of gender I began from zero. There is no masculine power or...

It is a silly question to ask a prostitute why she does it.. These are...

It is a silly question to ask a prostitute why she does it.. These are...

Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all...

Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all...