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H. L. Mencken Quotes

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American Writer September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956

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The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of cliches. What they mistake for thought is simply a repetition of what they have heard. My guess is that well over 80 percent of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought. 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
No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby. H. L. Mencken
Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon. H. L. Mencken
How far the gentlemen of dark complexion will get with their independence, now that they have declared it, I don’t know. There are serious difficulties in their way. The vast majority of people of their race are but two or three inches removed from gorillas: it will be a sheer impossibility, for a long, long while, to interest them in anything above pork-chops and bootleg gin. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "I am suspicious of all the things that the average people..."
I am suspicious of all the things that the average people believes. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Most people want security in this world, not liberty."
Most people want security in this world, not liberty. H. L. Mencken
I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them. H. L. Mencken

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