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

Author : H. L. Mencken

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.

Author : H. L. Mencken

Wealth – any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one’s wife’s sister’s husband.

Author : H. L. Mencken

A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn’t care to drink with, even if he drank.

Author : H. L. Mencken

Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.

Author : H. L. Mencken

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!

Author : H. L. Mencken

Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That’s the way the mind of man operates.

Author : H. L. Mencken

Temptation is a woman’s weapon and man’s excuse.

Author : H. L. Mencken

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

Author : H. L. Mencken

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

Author : H. L. Mencken