H. L. Mencken

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

There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But…

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another…

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

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a…

It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf…

The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is…

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom…

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very…

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges…

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time…

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world…

Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies…

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one…

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop…