Political literatureThe average man doesn't want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.H.L. MenckenNotes on Democracy · 1926★ 6.1
Capitalism undoubtedly has certain boils and blotches upon it, but has it as many as government? Has it as many as marriage? Has it as many as religion? I doubt it. It is the only basic institution of modern man that shows any genuine health and vigor.H.L. Mencken1928★ 4.3
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.H.L. Mencken1916★ 3.5