They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents, where it belongs, and thrown it upon a gang of irresponsible and unintelligent quacks.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

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...

Men are sad because they have to die so soon, women are sad because they...

Men are sad because they have to die so soon, women are sad because they...

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...

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another

The average newspaper, especially of the better sort, has the intelligence of a hillbilly evangelist,...

The average newspaper, especially of the better sort, has the intelligence of a hillbilly evangelist,...

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...

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none...

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none...

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

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 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...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

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...

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 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...

The kind of man who wants government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always...

The kind of man who wants government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always...

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely...

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely...

Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his...

Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his...

Like an old photograph, time can make a feeling fade, but the memory of a...

Like an old photograph, time can make a feeling fade, but the memory of a...

When I have a daughter and she asks me who my first love was, I...

When I have a daughter and she asks me who my first love was, I...

One is happy as a result of one's own efforts once one knows the necessary...

One is happy as a result of one's own efforts once one knows the necessary...