 Demagogue: One who preaches a doctrine he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots. |
| Henry Louis Mencken |
| The cynics are right nine times out of ten. |
| Henry Louis Mencken |
| A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it. |
| Henry Louis Mencken |
| Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody is looking. |
| Henry Louis Mencken |
| Criticism is prejudice made plausible. |
| Henry Louis Mencken |
| There's always an easy solution to every human problem , neat, plausible, and wrong. |
| Henry Louis Mencken |
| Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard. |
| Henry Louis Mencken |
| Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. |
| Henry Louis Mencken |
