H.L. Mencken Quotes

H.L. Mencken was an American journalist and writer who lived from 1880 to 1956.

This is a collection of quotes by H.L. Mencken.



 

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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
H.L. Mencken

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

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
H.L. Mencken

No one hates his job so heartily as a farmer.
H.L. Mencken

PROGRESS. The process whereby the human race has got rid of whiskers, the vermiform appendix and God.
H.L. Mencken