A Progressive is one who is in favor of more taxes instead of less, more bureaus and jobholders, more paternalism and meddling, more regulation of private affairs and less liberty. In general, he would be inclined to regard the repeal of any tax as outrageous.
H. L. MenckenThe older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology.
H. L. MenckenWhat is too often forgotten is that nature obviously intends the botched to die, and that every interference with that benign process is full of dangers.
H. L. MenckenProbably the worst thing that has happened in America in my time is the decay of confidence in the courts. No one can be sure any more that in a given case they will uphold the plainest mandate of the Constitution. On the contrary, everyone begins to be more or less convinced in advance that they won't. Judges are chosen not because they know the Constitution and are in favor of it, but precisely because they appear to be against it.
H. L. Mencken