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.
From H. L. Mencken
It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.
The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.
An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.
Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.
It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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