Democracy the domination of unreflective and timorous men, moved in vast herds by mob conditions.
H. L. MenckenWhenever a reporter is assigned to cover a Methodist conference, he comes home an atheist.
H. L. MenckenConfidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one would lie in his place
H. L. MenckenWhen I hear a man applauded by the mob I always feel a pang of pity for him. All he has to do to be hissed is to live long enough.
H. L. Mencken