Author: H. L. Mencken

Quotes

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

- H. L. Mencken

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess.

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess.

- H. L. Mencken

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

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

- H. L. Mencken

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.

- H. L. Mencken

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.

- H. L. Mencken

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

- H. L. Mencken

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

- H. L. Mencken

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.

- H. L. Mencken

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

- H. L. Mencken

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