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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The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers...

The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers...

Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing they marry...

Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing they marry...

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he...

A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he...

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

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...

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...

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...

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...

A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be...

A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be...

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...

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...

Government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction...

Government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction...

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

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...

Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves were dead and...

Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves were dead and...

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.......

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.......

If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded...

If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded...

Just staying one day ahead of yesterday

Just staying one day ahead of yesterday