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H. L. Mencken Quotes

H. L. Mencken quotes about good

American Writer September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956

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The state — or, to make matters more concrete, the government — consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can’t get, and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time it is made good by looting ‘A’... H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal..."
If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish. H. L. Mencken
The plain fact is that education is itself a form of propaganda - a deliberate scheme to outfit the pupil, not with the capacity to weigh ideas, but with a simple appetite for gulping ideas ready-made. The aim is to make 'good' citizens, which is to say, docile and uninquisitive citizens. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good..."
A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free..."
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. H. L. Mencken
It is often argued that religion is valuable because it makes men good, but even if this were true it would not be a proof that religion is true. That would be an extension of pragmatism beyond endurance. Santa Claus makes children good in precisely the same way, and yet no one would argue seriously that the fact proves his existence. The defense of religion is full of such logical imbecilities. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient."
Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they..."
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods."
Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. H. L. Mencken
The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is nave and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at..."
It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in..."
There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar."
A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. H. L. Mencken

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