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We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
— H. L. Mencken
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
— H. L. Mencken
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A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
— H. L. Mencken
Tags: burglar, honest, quite, politician, good
Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
— H. L. Mencken
Tags: also, form, democracy
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
— H. L. Mencken
Tags: save, front, false, always, humanity
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
— H. L. Mencken
Tags: imagination, intelligence, love-is, love
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