"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good." ― H. L. Mencken Topic(s): Good Tags: every, giving More From H. L. Mencken "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." "The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God’s children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil." "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." More In Good "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful."― Mae West "Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something."― Henry David Thoreau "Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human."― Luis Barragan