1. If FDR was convinced cannibalism would get him votes, he would begin fattening a missionary in the White House yard come Wednesday
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2. Policemen lead a life almost as inbred as that of the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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3. It is a politician's business to get and hold his job at all costs.
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4. All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.
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5. Judge - A law student who marks his own examination-papers.
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6. A good politician, under democracy, is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
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7. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty - and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies.
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8. Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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9. Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.
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10. If, after I depart this vale, you remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl
(via @HLMenkenBot)
We could post 100s of great Mencken quotes here, but this is my favorite:
ReplyDelete“If x is the population of the United States and y is the degree of imbecility of the average American, then democracy is the theory that x times y is less than y”