257 Quotations by H. L. Mencken
- 41. Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
- 42. Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too.
- 43. Before a man speaks, it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks it is seldom nec ...
- 44. College football would be more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students - there wou ...
- 45. Congress consists of one third, more or less, scoundrels; two thirds, more or less, idiots; and thre ...
- 46. Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
- 47. Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.
- 48. Creator: a comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh.
- 49. Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
- 50. Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
- 51. Democracy is also a form of religion. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses.
- 52. Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
- 53. Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven ...
- 54. Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.
- 55. Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and h ...
- 56. Democracy: The worship of jackals by jackasses.
- 57. Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.
- 58. Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time ma ...
- 59. Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
- 60. Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
H. L. Mencken Quotes by Power Quotations
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