Henry Louis Mencken “An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.” Henry Louis Mencken View all quotes by Henry Louis Mencken →
“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.” Henry Louis Mencken
