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Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.

Author : H. L. Mencken

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out… without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.

Author : H. L. Mencken

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.

Author : H. L. Mencken

All government, of course, is against liberty.

Author : H. L. Mencken

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.

Author : H. L. Mencken

Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers.

Author : H. L. Mencken

No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.

Author : H. L. Mencken

A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.

Author : H. L. Mencken

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

Author : H. L. Mencken

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

Author : H. L. Mencken