During many a single week, I daresay, more money is spent in New York upon useless and evil things than would suffice to run the kingdom of Denmark for a year.
H. L. MenckenA man full of faith is simply one who has lost the capacity for clear and realistic thought.
H. L. MenckenSave among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief in Thirteenth Century ideas
H. L. MenckenPublic opinion, in its raw state, gushes out in the immemorial form of the mob's fear. It is piped into central factories, and there it is flavoured and colored and put into cans.
H. L. Mencken