Happy Birthday H.L.
H.L. Mencken, September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956
"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."
"The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to prevailing superstition or taboo."
"It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause."
"Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
"The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression."
"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."
"The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to prevailing superstition or taboo."
"It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause."
"Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
"The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression."
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