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Times Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business…
- It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with…
- 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…
- To the best of my knowledge and belief, the average American newspaper, even of the so-called better sort, is not only quite as bad as…
- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
- Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be…
- The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
- Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throat.
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