Criticism Quote by H. L. Mencken

I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion.

— Albert Camus

“I am a passionate seeker after Truth and a not less passionate enemy of the malignant fictions used by the "Party of Order", the…

— Mikhail Bakunin

“Not all writing is political or revolutionary, but the very act of giving yourself permission to write, to speak, to share the truth no…

— Dinty W. Moore

“I am treasonable enough not to believe in the liberty of a man or a group to exploit, torment, or slaughter other men or…

— John Steinbeck

“Political activists rarely like fiction of any kind. Literature is about ambiguity, mixed emotions, and guilty pleasures. Politics is about ideals and action.”

— Christopher Bram

Honest and earnest criticism from those whose interests are most nearly touched,- criticism of writers by readers, of government by those governed, of leaders…

— Anonymous

“With every drop of my blood I hate and execrate every form of tyranny, every form of slavery. I hate dictation. I love liberty.”

— Robert G. Ingersoll

“Liberty, the very opposite of ownership and control, cannot, then, result from political action, either at the polls or the barricades, but rather evolves…

— Tom Robbins

“I cannot understand the people who take literature seriously; but I can love them, and I do. Out of my love I warn them…

— G.K. Chesterton

I have my shortcomings. But the message, it has no shortcomings. The message of Liberty is what America is all about.

— Ron Paul

Prose, poetry, and drawings stand side by side in a very democratic way in my work.

— Gunter Grass

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe…

— Alexis de Tocqueville