Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people.

Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people.

H. L. Mencken

Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.

Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

The kind of man who demands that government enforce his ideas is always the kind whose ideas are idiotic.

The kind of man who demands that government enforce his ideas is always the kind whose ideas are idiotic.

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

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

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

When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.

When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.

There is no idea so stupid that you can't find a professor who will believe it.

There is no idea so stupid that you can't find a professor who will believe it.

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who can think things out for himself.

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who can think things out for himself.

There are two impossibilities in life:

There are two impossibilities in life: "just one drink" and "an honest politician."

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

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

For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.

For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.

There's really no point in voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.

There's really no point in voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.

After all, is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.

After all, is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.

The State doesn't just want you to obey, it wants to make you WANT to obey.

The State doesn't just want you to obey, it wants to make you WANT to obey.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

I don't know if you know who you are, until you lose who you are.

I don't know if you know who you are, until you lose who you are.

We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.

We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.