What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Fear Quotes, Morality Quotes, Punishment Quotes, Sense Of Humor Quotes

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...

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...

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

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...

A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable...

A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable...

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,...

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

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

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the...

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the...

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a...

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a...

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to...

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to...

The prophesying business is like writing fugues; it is fatal to every one save the...

The prophesying business is like writing fugues; it is fatal to every one save the...

He (the businessman) is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation

He (the businessman) is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation

Time is the great legalizer, even in the field of morals.

Time is the great legalizer, even in the field of morals.

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs.

Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs.

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

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...

People ask me what the most important thing to take on the race is, and...

People ask me what the most important thing to take on the race is, and...

I try to bring it across on my record, in my dress, in what I...

I try to bring it across on my record, in my dress, in what I...