Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.

H. L. Mencken

It’s election day.  That means that H. L. Mencken makes an appearance…

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

H. L. Mencken

Gaping Void

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H. L. Mencken

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Harlan Ellison