“The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”
― H.L. Mencken
― H.L. Mencken
“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”
― H.L. Mencken, Prejudices: First Series
― H.L. Mencken, Prejudices: First Series
“Truth would quickly cease to be stranger than fiction, once we got as used to it.”
― H.L. Mencken, A Little Book in C Major
― H.L. Mencken, A Little Book in C Major
“A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.”
― H.L. Mencken
― H.L. Mencken
“It is inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for any public office.”
― H.L. Mencken
― H.L. Mencken
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable…”
― H.L. Mencken, Prejudices: Third Series
― H.L. Mencken, Prejudices: Third Series
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
― H.L. Mencken
― H.L. Mencken
Eddie says:
And where are the H.L. Menckens of our times?
Maybe you admin. You’re about the best we got. You and a few others.Give ‘em hell.
Here’s a quote by the Boomer Mencken:
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“Like most others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser. I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best of us would inevitably make it over the top. At the same time, I shared a dark suspicion that the life we were leading was a lost cause, that we were all actors, kidding ourselves along on a senseless odyssey. It was the tension between these two poles – a restless idealism on one hand and a sense of impending doom on the other – that kept me going.”
Hunter S. thompson
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19th October 2012 at 8:27 am