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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Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.

Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the...

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the...

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

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

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...

When we appropriate money from the public funds to pay for vaccinating a horde of...

When we appropriate money from the public funds to pay for vaccinating a horde of...

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes...

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes...

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...

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

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...

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

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...

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...

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

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

A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably...

A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably...

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...

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...

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to...

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to...

Television has raised writing to a new low.

Television has raised writing to a new low.

It was this really bizarre video idea, this animated Power Ranger-y thing. I said, 'This...

It was this really bizarre video idea, this animated Power Ranger-y thing. I said, 'This...