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 man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.H.L. Mencken
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
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.H.L. Mencken
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.H.L. Mencken
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.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
On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.H.L. Mencken
PROGRESS. The process whereby the human race has got rid of whiskers, the vermiform appendix and God.H.L. Mencken
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.H.L. Mencken
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.H.L. Mencken
