Quotes by Mencken, H. L.

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

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it w >>

It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality >>

Quotations about Politicians and Politics

We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power r >>

Every political system is an accumulation of habits, customs, prejudic >>

Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats >>

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed [and Hence Clamorous To Be Led To Safety] by an endless series of hobgoblins.

Mencken, H. L.