I believe it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than to be ignorant.
Truth — Something somehow discreditable to someone.
A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.
No one in this world, so far as I know ... has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.
A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office.
Behind the Façades in France: What expats and the mainstream media (French and American alike) fail to notice (or fail to tell you) about French attitudes, principles, values, and official positions…
Sunday, September 12, 2004
Might Europeans Benefit from Reading H L Mencken?
Today is the birthday of H. L. Mencken, the US editor, author, and critic (1880-1956) who said:
