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H. L. Mencken Quotes
Birthday: | September 12, 1880 |
Birthplace: | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
Death: | January 29, 1956 |
Nationality: | United States Of America |
Occupations: | Essayist, Social Critic, Satirist, Autobiographer, Journalist |
Religion: | Atheism |
Spouse: | Sara Haardt |
Total quotes: 16
H. L. Mencken
BirthnameBirthday: September 12, 1880
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Death: January 29, 1956
Nationality: United States Of America
Occupations: Essayist, Social Critic, Satirist, Autobiographer, Journalist
Religion: Atheism
Spouse: Sara Haardt
Total quotes: 16
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”
Tagged:
Democracy
“Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits nevertheless, calmly licking its chops.”
Tagged:
Secrets, Unknowable
“Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right.”
Tagged:
Democracy, Two-Party System
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