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Quotes by H.L. Mencken

A theologian is like a blind man in a dark room searching for a black cat which isn’t there - and finding it!

H. L. Mencken : American writer & critic of American life
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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There is always a well-known solution to every human problem--neat, plausible, and wrong.

H. L. Mencken : American writer & critic of American life
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
 
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Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable.
But there it sits nevertheless, calmly licking its chops.

H. L. Mencken : American writer & critic of American life
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
 
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For every human problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and
wrong.

H. L. Mencken : American writer & critic of American life
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
 
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I believe that liberty is the only genuinely valuable thing that men have invented, at least in the field of government, in a thousand years. I believe that it is better to be free than to be not free, even when the former is dangerous and the latter safe. I believe that the finest qualities of man can flourish only in free air – that progress made under the shadow of the policeman's club is false progress, and of no permanent value. I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that any man who yields up his liberty, in however slight the measure, is bound to become a slave.

H. L. Mencken : American writer & critic of American life
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
 
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The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost invariably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And if he is not romantic personally, he is apt to spread discontent among those who are.

H. L. Mencken : American writer & critic of American life
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
 
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In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for. As for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

H. L. Mencken : American writer & critic of American life
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
 
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In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for. As for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

H. L. Mencken : American writer & critic of American life
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
 
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Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

H. L. Mencken : American writer & critic of American life
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
 
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I’m against slavery simply because I dislike slaves.

H. L. Mencken : American writer & critic of American life
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
 
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