H. L. Mencken Thoughts
Best 20+ H. L. Mencken Messages, Quotes, and Images
Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted
Change is not progress.
The final test of truth is ridicule. Very few dogmas have ever faced it and survived.
In every woman's life, there is one real and consuming love. But very few women guess which one it is.
A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.
The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true deserts.
An idealist notices that roses smell better than cabbage and concludes that it will also make better soup.
What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
When fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.