"Economic independence is the foundation of the only……" — H. L. Mencken
"Economic independence is the foundation of the only sort of freedom worth a damn"
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647 Quotes by H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken has 647 quotes on this site.
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A man full of faith is simply one who has lost the capacity for clear and realistic thought.
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Religion deserves no more respect than a pile of garbage.
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When I die, I shall be content to vanish into nothingness.... No show, however good, could conceivably be good forever…
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People say we need religion when what they really mean is we need police.
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Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he…
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Well, I tell you, if I have been wrong in my agnosticism, when I die I'll walk up to God…
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The Old Testament, as everyone who has looked into it is aware, drips with blood; there is, indeed, no more…
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Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt.
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To every complex question there is a simple answer and it is wrong...
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The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is…
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I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its modest and greatly overestimated services…
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Goverment is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those…
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You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of…
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I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving…
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Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that.
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That's the trouble with being me. At this point, nobody gives a damn what my problem is. I could literally…
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Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.
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Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.
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