Henry Louis Mencken “Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.” 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
