H. L. Mencken

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.

A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

Terrorists are not 100 feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill.

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.