Quote #16459
To die for an idea it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it...
Category Archives: H. L. Mencken
Quote #16412
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail if it...
Quote #16428
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve...
Quote #16444
It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended...
Quote #16460
The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s...
Quote #16413
Imagine the Creator as a stand up commedian – and at once the world...
Quote #16429
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
Quote #16445
It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who...
Quote #16461
The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical...
Quote #16414
We must respect the other fellow’s religion,but only in the sense and to the...