More From H. L. Mencken
- "Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner’s inquest."
- "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."
- "All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it."
More In War
- "It’s a tough thing, to know what to do about a war that deep in your gut you feel is wrong and yet watch your peers going off to fight in that war."― George McGovern
- "I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism."― P. D. James
- "I don’t think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society."― Todd Gitlin