"A newspaper is a device for making the……" — H. L. Mencken

"A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier."

— H. L. Mencken

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647 Quotes by H. L. Mencken

H. L. Mencken has 647 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A man full of faith is simply one who has lost the capacity for clear and realistic thought.
Religion deserves no more respect than a pile of garbage.
When I die, I shall be content to vanish into nothingness.... No show, however good, could conceivably be good forever…
People say we need religion when what they really mean is we need police.
Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he…
Well, I tell you, if I have been wrong in my agnosticism, when I die I'll walk up to God…
The Old Testament, as everyone who has looked into it is aware, drips with blood; there is, indeed, no more…
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt.
To every complex question there is a simple answer and it is wrong...
The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is…
I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its modest and greatly overestimated services…
Goverment is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those…

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The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier. — Jean-Michel Basquiat
The ads all call me fearless, but that's just publicity. Anyone who thinks I'm not scared out of my mind… — Jackie Chan
In a sense it's a lot crazier when you're on the road and it's a lot less stable, but it's… — Fiona Apple
This is crazier and louder than I was prepared for. With every week, the fervour and anticipation seem to grow.… — Robert Pattinson
Don't go to bed with any woman crazier than you are. — Frank Zappa
Everyone's crazy anyway. And those who think they aren't, are the ones who are even crazier - because they're in… — Michael Fassbender
Theres nothing more reassuring than a world thats crazier than you are. — Stellan Skarsgard
Want know how I got these scars? My father was a drinker and a fiend. And one night he goes… — Heath Ledger
You're miscarrying a baby first thing in the morning. Who wants to hear it? God bless them. It's a very… — Andrea Riseborough
If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must… — Peggy Noonan
When I reached the top in business, I adjusted to my new position – I became bolder and crazier than… — Curtis Jackson
They're getting crazier every day, the whole world's going crazy. And you got to take your mind out to keep… — Wilhelmina Baird

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