"Perhaps the most revolting character that the United……" — Henry Louis Mencken
"Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business man"
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Henry Louis Mencken
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61 Quotes by Henry Louis Mencken
Henry Louis Mencken has 61 quotes on this site.
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Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they actually…
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Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his first love, and just after…
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Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another
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The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading part in a prosecution which…
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Has the great art and mystery of politics no apparent utility? Does it appear to be unqualifiedly ratty, raffish, sordid,…
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To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young…
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The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics…
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Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those…
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I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war on liberty, and that the…
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The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think things out for himself, without…
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The kind of man who wants government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose…
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Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.
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More Business Quotes
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
— Aristotle
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Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
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All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
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It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of…
— Aristotle
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I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service.
— Richard Bach
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Second, we have to make the most of the strengths we have, the amenities that many of our competitors cannot…
— Gerard Arpey
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I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies…
— David Arquette
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I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business.
— Chester A. Arthur
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Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as…
— Mary Kay Ash
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Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working…
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Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel…
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People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A…
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