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

Topics: Parents Quotes

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

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

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...

Voting is simply a way of determining which side is the stronger without putting it...

Voting is simply a way of determining which side is the stronger without putting it...

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...

Men become civilized not in proportion to their willingness to believe but in proportion to...

Men become civilized not in proportion to their willingness to believe but in proportion to...

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

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...

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...

There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the...

There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the...

That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the...

That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the...

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

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...

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...

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

When I mount the scaffold at last these will be my farewell words to the...

When I mount the scaffold at last these will be my farewell words to the...

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar

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,...

The scale, properly speaking, does not permit the measure of the intelligence, because intellectual qualities...

The scale, properly speaking, does not permit the measure of the intelligence, because intellectual qualities...

We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority...

We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority...