Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly. He is like a watch of which the most that can be said is that its cosmetic effect is good.
H. L. MenckenAll government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.
H. L. MenckenThe demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
H. L. Mencken