Henry Louis Mencken
QUOTES FROM Henry Louis Mencken
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance
Economic independence is the foundation of the only sort of freedom worth a damn.
The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
Democracy is the theory that holds that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
Democracy is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses
Socialism is simply the degenerate capitalism of bankrupt capitalists
The only sort of liberty that is real under democracy is the liberty of the have-nots to destroy the liberty of the haves
The only sort of liberty that is real under democracy is the liberty of the have-nots to destroy the liberty of the haves
H.L. Mencken
Explanations exist. They have existed for all time. There is always a well knows solution to every human problem - neat, plausible, and wrong
Henry Mencken
There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress
H. L. Mencken
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard
Henry Louis Mencken
